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Worlds of Enchantment: The Art of Maxfield Parrish

by Maxfield Parrish Author

Best known for colorful portraits of winsome maidens, Parrish created hundreds of images for books, magazines, and calendars. This original collection spotlights work from the 1890s through the 1920s, with magazine art and ads, including the famed Edison-Mazda Lamp series. Book illustrations include scenes from The Arabian Nights, The Knave of Hearts, and other treasured tales.

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Resource Type
Book
ISBN
0-486-47306-6
Print Status
In Print
Pictures
84
Pages
96
Suggested Grades
1st - 12th
Publisher
Dover Publications
Copyright
2010

Pictures

  • 1 Second Prize/ The Century Poster Contest, 1896
  • 2 Very Little Red Riding Hood / The Mask and Wig Club
  • 3 Christmas Eve / Century Magazine, December 1898
  • 4 Cover / Scribner's Magazine, April 1899
  • 5 Cover / Scribner's Magazine, October 1899
  • 6 "Sawdust and Sin" / The Golden Age
  • 7 They introduced among them rum, gin, and brandy, and the other comforts of life / Knickerbocker's History of New York
  • 8 Concerning witchcraft superstitions / Knickerbocker's History of New York
  • 9 Cover / Success magazine, December 1901
  • 10 Poet's Dream / (for John Milton's "L'Allegro") Century Magazine, December 1901
  • 11 The Milkmaid / (for John Milton's "L'Allegro") Century Magazine, December 1901
  • 12 "Straight mine eye hath caught new pleaseures" (diptych) / (for Jon Milton's "L'Allegro") Century Magazine, December 1901
  • 13 The Desert with Water (Cows) / "The Great Southwest" Century Magazine, 1902
  • 14 The Desert without Water (Cowboys) / "The Great Southwest" Century Magazine, 1902
  • 15 Water Let in on a Field of Alfalf / "The Great Southwest" Century Magazine, 1902
  • 16 Bill Sachs / "The Great Southwest" Century Magazine, 1902
  • 17 The Reluctant Dragon / Dream Days
  • 18 Dies Irae / Dream Days
  • 19 A Saga of the Seas / Dream Days
  • 20 The Twenty-first of October / Dream Days
  • 21 Villa Gamberaia, near Florence "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" / Century Magazine, November 1904
  • 22 Vicobello, Siena "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" / Century Magazine, November 1904
  • 23 La Palazzina [Villa Gori], Siena "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" / Century Magazine, November 1904
  • 24 Villa Scassi, Genoa "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" / Century Magazine, November 1904
  • 25 In the Gardens of Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" / Century Magazine, November 1904
  • 26 Villa Torlonia, Rome "Italian Villas and Their Gardens" / Century Magazine, November 1904
  • 27 Air Castles Cover / Ladies' Home Journal
  • 28 "With Trumpet and Drum" / Poems of Childhood
  • 29 "The Sugar-Plum Tree" / Poems of Childhood
  • 30 "The Little Peach" / Poems of Childhood
  • 31 "The Dinkey-Bird" / Poems of Childhood
  • 32 "Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks" / Poems of Childhood
  • 33 "Seein' Things" / Poems of Childhood
  • 34 The Land of Make-Believe / Scribner's Magazine, Augusr 1912
  • 35 Cover / Collier's magazine, December 12, 1908
  • 36 Sinbad Plots against the Giant / The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
  • 37 Gunlnare of the Sea / The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
  • 38 The Young King of the Black Isles / The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
  • 39 The Story of the King's Son / The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
  • 40 Cassim in the Cave of the Forty Thieves / The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
  • 41 The History of Codadad and His Brothers / The Arabian Nights: Their Best-Known Tales
  • 42 Cover / Collier's magazine, July 30, 1910
  • 43 Jason and the Talking Oak / Tanglewood Tales
  • 44 Pandora / Tanglewood Tales
  • 45 Atlas / Tanglewood Tales
  • 46 Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth / Tanglewood Tales
  • 47 Jason and His Teacher / Tanglewood Tales
  • 48 Harvest / The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
  • 49 The Lantern Bearers / The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
  • 50 Summer / The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
  • 51 Autumn / The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
  • 52 Pierrot / The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
  • 53 Easter / The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics
  • 54 The Story of Snow Drop /Cover / Hearst's Magazine, August 1912
  • 55 The Sleeping Beauty / Cover / Hearst's Magazine, November 1912
  • 56 Panel / The Curtis Publishing Company Mural
  • 57 Panel / The Curtis Publishing Company Mural
  • 58 Cinderella, aka Enchantment (painted in 1914) / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1926
  • 59 Florentine Fête / Mural for Curtis Publishing
  • 60 And the Night Is Fled / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1918
  • 61 Garden of Allah / Print / House of Art
  • 62 Jack Sprat / Swift's Premium Ham Advertisement
  • 63 Spirit of the Night / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1919
  • 64 Prometheus / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1920
  • 65 Egypt / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1922
  • 66 Advertisement / Ferry's Seeds
  • 67 King and Queen & Polly put the Kettle on / Jell-O Advertisement, 1921
  • 68 Daybreak / Print / House of Art
  • 69 Interlude / Mural / The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
  • 70 Morning / Cover / Life Magazine, April 1922
  • 71 The Lamp Seller of Bag[h]dad / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1923
  • 72 Venetian Lamplighter / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1924
  • 73 Bookplate: This Is the Book of / The Knave of Hearts
  • 74 Frontispiece: Lady Violetta / The Knave of Hearts
  • 75 Blue Hose and Yellow Hose / The Knave of Hearts
  • 76 Lady Ursula kneeling before the King / The Knave of Hearts
  • 77 The Knave / The Knave of Hearts
  • 78 The Chancellor, the King, and Yellow Hose / The Knave of Hearts
  • 79 Stars / Print / House of Art
  • 80 Hilltop / Print / House of Art
  • 81 Contentment / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1928
  • 82 Ecstasy / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1930
  • 83 Waterfall / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1931
  • 84 Solitude / Edison Mazda Lamps calendar, 1932

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