'Two Dianes' by A.Dumas
540 pages, 47 illustrations
СLIENT
KEYWORDS
Book design, graphic design, book, cover, spreads, layout, historical project, France, Alexandre Dumas, historical portraits, book illustration.
DECISION
The Two Dianas is a historical novel published in 1846–47 under the name of Alexandre Dumas but mostly or entirely written by his friend and collaborator Paul Meurice. The "two Dianas" of the title are Diane de Poitiers (the mistress of Henry II) and her supposed daughter Diana de Castro.
This project of creating the book "Two Dianas" by Alexandre Dumas with my illustrations was an engaging immersion into the history of France. I studied the biographies of notable figures of that time and historical portraits to create illustrations that immerse the book in the atmosphere of the era. Paying attention to details such as costumes and settings, I aimed to authentically capture the spirit of the time and captivate the readers' imagination.
Psychological portraits of heroes
Mister Inquisitor de la Foi
Gabriel Montgommery
“...Gabriel threw himself upon the body, drew it from the corner,
and tried to restore it to life, crying, - “Father, father!”
Cardinal de Lorraine and François I le Balafré de Lorraine, Catherine de Médicis and Charles IX,
François de Montmorency, doctor Ambroise Paré
François I. Lover of women and war
Diane de Poitiers. Сruel and arrogant
Montgommery (father). He was forbidden to speak but he saw his son
