Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Council Held by Rats

We know he's a master of biblical crowd scenes—but from a fable of La Fontaine, Doré shows his mastery of rodent crowd scenes as well.

Gustave Doré — The Council Held by Rats — 1867

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2 comments:

  1. LJRNovember 10, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    I love this image. It depicts the rats in an anthropomorphic situation, yet retains their essential rodent qualities of appearance and attitude. The end effect is really creepy.

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  2. Thomas Haller BuchananNovember 10, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    Good perception of the effect, LJR.

    Plus, isn't the composition brilliant? —the leader silhouetted in the shaft of light, with the cat's bell dangling just so.

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