Reviews

Rackham\'s Color Illustrations for Wagner\'s Ring by Richard Wagner, Arthur Rackham, James Spero

wetdryvac's review against another edition

5.0

I either love or hate Wagner on any given day, but this is hands down the best experience I've run into for the ring cycle - lovely art, and no screaming.

jg2758's review against another edition

4.0

This lovely book has beautiful images, and the captions summarize the story. I'd love it if these were released for more of the old, out-of-print books that were published by Rackham.

jeffhall's review against another edition

5.0

This is a wonderful set of visualizations of narrative events from Wagner's Ring Cycle. Arthur Rackham was a major talent in the field of graphic arts, and his style lends itself naturally to the mythical world of The Ring. Each color plate is accompanied by brief text setting the image within the overall plot of Wagner's epic, and even those new to the subject matter will be able to understand the story with this great combination of images and text.

messbauer's review against another edition

4.0

Excellent illustrations, though the muted palette comes across as muddy at times, and almost every female character is depicted with a breast gratuitously uncovered at some point. The text beneath each illustration is helpful for anyone unfamiliar with the story of the Ring Cycle.

ptrmsschrs's review against another edition

4.0

Magnificent paintings of scenes from Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungen.