Art, Symbol & Imagination
Life Gathers in the New World
Birds, grazing animals and small creatures inhabit a lush valley beneath an opening of bright cloud. A tree and dense foliage enclose the foreground watering place. The Book VII caption describes creatures hatching in caves, fens and along shores. Doré makes abundance visible through different scales and habitats rather than one commanding animal. The open water connects the foreground lives, while the sky gives the valley a larger setting. The composition presents creation as a populated environment, joining shelter, movement and ordinary bodily life within the newly formed world.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Life Gathers in the New World" [editorial title]. In Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré, John Milton; illustrated by Gustave Doré; edited by Henry C. Walsh. Undated John W. Lovell Company edition; exact publication year unverified, undated edition, John W. Lovell Company. Source scan leaf 210. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-209
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Original source design and caption inspected; composition retained with scan margins trimmed. No reconstructed or recoloured details.
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Gustave Doré (design). Life Gathers in the New World. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 210. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-209