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ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote2014-07-26 12:10 am
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Chinese Book Covers

These Chinese book covers for The Lord of the Rings are some of the most breathtaking stylized art I have ever seen.  There is more on the artist's DeviantArt gallery.
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[personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart 2014-07-26 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
The style reminds me of art used in the 30s-40s for the interested layperson texts
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Yes...

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith 2014-07-26 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
It does remind me a bit of Art Deco.
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Re: Yes...

[personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart 2014-07-26 12:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Beardsley's successors, the more regularized art nouveau, the proto-origins of the 'block print'-like 'Realist.
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