GILGAMESH is the oldest known legend. In this beautiful, full-color version, the distinguished author and artist, Bernarda Bryson, has created a richly moving interpretation of the mighty deeds of Gilgamesh, the great hero-king, part god and part man. First written down in Sumerian cuneiform 3,000 years before Christ, the story of Gilgamesh tells of a great flood and of one man, befriended by the gods, who survived by building an ark. In the feats of Gilgamesh and his companion, Enkidu, a monster-man who becomes gentle and loves and respects the King, are found the sources of the great mythological heroes, Hercules, Jason and Theseus. In addition to its importance in the history of children's literature, GILGAMESH is an exciting, dramatic and often amusing taleâ€”setting jealous god against jealous god, and man against man in remarkable battles of wit and strength. Bernarda Bryson has set down a stirring epic accompanied by exquisite prints which impart to the reader her own lifetime fascination with the myth of Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh

Bryson, Bernarda

Children's Books

Henry Holt Co.

Max discovers that the wooden soldiers which once belonged to the Brontes are alive and determined to return home

The Return of the Twelves (Gregg Press Children's Literature Series)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Clarke, Pauline

Science Fiction

Gregg Pr

This publication accompanied an exhibition that traveled from the Montclair Art Museum (where it opened in February 1995), to the Farnsworth Art Museum, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, the Art Museum of the State of New York at Plattsburgh, and Bryn Mawr College (where it closed in May 1996). Assembled by the author (and exhibition curator) are the original drawings and lithographs Bernarda Bryson Shahn prepared for a project inspired in 1935 by the Resettlement Administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Bryson Shahn envisioned a revisionist social and political history of the United States that included images of the Atlantic slave trade, ecological destruction of the hinterlands during the Dust Bowl, the labors of miners and farmers, and a collective portrait of the "Empire Builders" who rose to command the national economic power structure.Bryson Shahn's original artistic style is discussed as is the influence on this project of the photographic work of Ben Shahn, her colleague and partner. The couple drove together through the south and midwest when Ben Shahn was among the noted photographers commissioned by the Resettlement Administration to provide a record of the faces and the human costs of a nation in travail - of people who might benefit from the relief programs.The publication concludes with a bibliography and a biographical sketch of Bryson Shahn which is accompanied by a photograph of her at age 81. Limited to 1750 copies, the publication was expertly printed by The Stinehour Press in Vermont and designed by Jerry Kelly.

The Vanishing American Frontier

Arts & Photography

Wien, Jake Milgram

Graphic Design

Univ of Washington Pr

GILGAMESH is the oldest known legend. In this beautiful, full-color version, the distinguished author and artist, Bernarda Bryson, has created a richly moving interpretation of the mighty deeds of Gilgamesh, the great hero-king, part god and part man. First written down in Sumerian cuneiform 3,000 years before Christ, the story of Gilgamesh tells of a great flood and of one man, befriended by the gods, who survived by building an ark. In the feats of Gilgamesh and his companion, Enkidu, a monster-man who becomes gentle and loves and respects the King, are found the sources of the great mythological heroes, Hercules, Jason and Theseus. In addition to its importance in the history of children's literature, GILGAMESH is an exciting, dramatic and often amusing tale—setting jealous god against jealous god, and man against man in remarkable battles of wit and strength. Bernarda Bryson has set down a stirring epic accompanied by exquisite prints which impart to the reader her own lifetime fascination with the myth of Gilgamesh.

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

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