{"id":25,"date":"2005-09-22T05:11:15","date_gmt":"2005-09-22T09:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/2005\/09\/22\/don-quijote-de-la-mancha-1605-2005\/"},"modified":"2005-09-22T05:11:15","modified_gmt":"2005-09-22T09:11:15","slug":"don-quijote-de-la-mancha-1605-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/don-quijote-de-la-mancha-1605-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Quijote de la Mancha: 1605-2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Exibition at the John Hay Library
\nSeptember 19 – December 2, 2005<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>Brown University Library celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha <\/em>with an exhibit featuring book illustrations and title pages dating from the first edition of this novel in 1605 up to 2004.
\nConsidered to be the first modern novel in history and one of the most widely read, publishers worldwide have produced many unique illustrated editions of El Quijote in the last four centuries. World-renown artists such as William Hogarth, Jean-Honor\u00e9 Fragonard, Honor\u00e9 Daumier, Gustave Dor\u00e9, Francisco de Goya, Salvador Dal\u00ed, and Pablo Picasso have portrayed the character of Don Quixote from a madman to a misunderstood hero.
\nThe Library is displaying numerous renditions of Don Quixote by Charles-Antoine Coypel, John Vanderbank, Antonio Carnicero, Jos\u00e9 Brunete, Fran\u00e7ois Marie Isidore Queverdo, Manuel Peleguer, Jos\u00e9 Rivelles y Helip, Robert Smirke, Henry Liverseege, Pierre Choquet, Thomas Stothard, Richard Westall, Gustave Dor\u00e9, Gustave Pierre Eug\u00e8ne Staal, Jean de Bossch\u00e8re, Enric Crist\u00f2fol Ricart i Nin, Edouard Edy-Legrand, Salvador Dal\u00ed, Roberto P\u00e1ez, and Ricardo Zamorano.
\nThe illustrations were executed using various printmaking techniques\u2014woodcuts, copper engravings, mezzotints, linocuts, xylographs, lithograph\u2014as well as drawings, and oil paintings. The styles and periods represented range from the Early-Modern to the Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, Naturalism, Futurism, Art Deco, Surrealism, and beyond.
\nThe editions on display were printed in England, France, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and United States. Many portray a contemporary national flavor, disregarding the geographical and chronological context of El Quijote<\/em>. Cervantes’ novel lampoons Spanish chivalry, yet its illustrations are not limited to the portrayal of a fool or hero emulating a glorious Medieval knight. The artists are equally concerned with their contemporary culture and philosophy.
\nThis exhibit complements the conference “Cervantes and the Americas: Transatlanticism Past and Present,” hosted by the Hispanic Studies Department of Brown University, and the exhibit “Spanish Historical Writing about the New World, 1493-1700” at the John Carter Brown Library.
\nFor more information contact: Patricia_FIgueroa@brown.edu<\/a>
\nSee the Library’s exhibits page<\/a> for information about past exhibits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Exibition at the John Hay Library September 19 – December 2, 2005 Brown University Library celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha with an exhibit featuring book illustrations and title pages dating from the first edition of this novel in 1605 up to 2004. Considered … Don Quijote de la Mancha: 1605-2005<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}