The look of love - Romantic Illustration through the Ages - -

2014, 142pp, Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition. "The Look of Love is a celebration of love through the ages, gathering more than one hundred illustrations from the flirtatious to the kitsch, the charming to the ironic. The vintage imagery is drawn from a huge range of sourcesfashion magazines, medieval illumination manuscripts, book covers, paintings, and cartoonsand it ranges from exquisite depictions of courtly love in the Middle Ages to the pulp novels of the twentieth century, from elves in fairyland to a honeymoon in space. Great lovers from literatureRomeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, Vishnu and Lakshmi, among othersare lavishly represented alongside a host of first kisses, assignations in the garden, moonlight serenades, and walks down the aisle. A gorgeous pictorial survey of how artists from around the world and throughout time have visually imagined love,The Look of Love will make the perfect gift for any beloved with an eye for art." [The Look of Love. Romantic Illustration Through the Ages.]