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Diabolical Fantasia The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1

Thomas Negovan

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Description:Founded four years before the iconic American magazine WEIRD TALES launched in March 1923, DER ORCHIDEENGARTEN (The Orchid Garden) is considered to be the world's first fantasy magazine.Published after the First World War, when German art was at its height of decadence and debauchery, the magazine included a wide selection of new and reprinted stories by both German-language and foreign writers ranging from suspense and terror to crime and the eerily-erotic.While the literary content is historically significant, many of the stories have been reprinted in multiple places across the last century; we have focused our attention on that has gone largely undocumented: the incredible artworks that illustrated these stories.The artworks contained herein range from peculiar medieval etchings to occult woodblocks to expressionist visions, all balancing the romantic and the gothic with hyper-elegant sophistication. Diabolical Fantasia: The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1 thoroughly covers the magnificent and macabre illustrations in issues #1-6 of Der Orchideengarten magazine from the year 1919. The illustrations are captured from high-resolution scans made from a pristine collection in the Century Guild museum archive, and the accompanying text documents extensive research to support the artworks and verify the artists whose names were not listed in the publication.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Diabolical Fantasia The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1. To get started finding Diabolical Fantasia The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 80

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Century Guild

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1947528017

Description: Founded four years before the iconic American magazine WEIRD TALES launched in March 1923, DER ORCHIDEENGARTEN (The Orchid Garden) is considered to be the world's first fantasy magazine.Published after the First World War, when German art was at its height of decadence and debauchery, the magazine included a wide selection of new and reprinted stories by both German-language and foreign writers ranging from suspense and terror to crime and the eerily-erotic.While the literary content is historically significant, many of the stories have been reprinted in multiple places across the last century; we have focused our attention on that has gone largely undocumented: the incredible artworks that illustrated these stories.The artworks contained herein range from peculiar medieval etchings to occult woodblocks to expressionist visions, all balancing the romantic and the gothic with hyper-elegant sophistication. Diabolical Fantasia: The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1 thoroughly covers the magnificent and macabre illustrations in issues #1-6 of Der Orchideengarten magazine from the year 1919. The illustrations are captured from high-resolution scans made from a pristine collection in the Century Guild museum archive, and the accompanying text documents extensive research to support the artworks and verify the artists whose names were not listed in the publication.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Diabolical Fantasia The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1. To get started finding Diabolical Fantasia The Art of Der Orchideengarten Vol 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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