The Fairy-Tale Princess: Seven Classic Stories from the Enchanted Forest - Rilegato

Blackwell, Su

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ISBN 10: 0500650063 ISBN 13: 9780500650066

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Riassunto

This is a beautiful collection of seven fairy tales—Sleeping Beauty,The Frog Prince,Rapunzel, Cinderella, Snow White, The Princess and the Pea, and The Twelve DancingPrincesses—organized around the theme of the fairytale princess and retold in afresh and lyrical voice by Wendy Jones. They are illustrated with glorious papercutsculptures specially created by Su Blackwell.The characters—and the kingdoms they inhabit—emerge from the pagesthrough a series of exquisite paper sculptures. Each tale has a unique visualflavor: while Sleeping Beauty is blue and dreamy, The Princess and the Pea isgreen and summery.The magic and otherworldliness of traditional fairytale collections meetglorious, contemporary paper constructions in The Fairtytale Princess, whichmakes a charming addition to the shelf of bedtime stories.

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Original and exceptional ... remarkable for its photographic illustrations of Su Blackwell's extraordinary paper sculptures. --The Sunday Times

The Fairytale Princess presents seven fairy tales, beguilingly illustrated by the artist Su Blackwell's book-cut sculptures. While the tales are faithfully retold, the illustrations invite the reader to step into a paper kingdom where princesses inhabit an enchanting world made from the very books that created them. --The Telegraph Magazine

Delightful. --Elle Decoration

One of the most beautiful books of the year --Absolutely Kensington

I was totally enchanted by the artists Su Blackwell's The Fairytale Princess: Seven Classic Stories from the Enchanted Forest. Blackwell makes incredibly beautiful 3D sculptures out of the pages of books, and her intricately cut images have been carefully lit and photographed, with stunning results. --The Irish Times

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Book by Jones Wendy

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500650063
• ISBN 13: 9780500650066
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 94