Saturday, September 16, 2017

Russian Book Art Is The Happiest Kind Of Book Art

The streets of St. Petersburg in Mikhail Shemyakin's illustrations for Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' (1964-67)




 

5 comments:

j-swin said...

As an artist I've got to say they're exquisite but wonder how many potatoe skins you gotta suck on to achieve that level of creepy.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

Many, many potatoes skins. Plus this is Crime and Punishment and that book is gloomier than gloomy.

j-swin said...

Gloomier than a dentist visit on a rainy day?

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

The Dentist, the rain and then a trip for a FULL adult male over fifty medical with that long lingering portion where you feel violated in a way not spoken of in polite circles.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

He could have given me chocolates and talked sweet nothings into my ear first.