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Artist
- Name:
- Avril, Paul
- Dates:
- 1849-1928
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Ornaments & patterns
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Le miroir du monde
- Author(s):
- Uzanne, Octave
- Publisher:
- Paris: Maison Quantin, 1888
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
the attributes of Art and Literature are represented in the guise of a painter’s palette, a violin, a sculpture, books, and a classical column.
The title reads in the original French: Les arts et les lettres.
Various techniques were used in this book to reproduce the original illustrations by Paul Avril, including heliogravure and chromotypographic processes.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, art, book, color, literature, music
