tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post4157980813480931913..comments2023-09-05T05:36:02.930-06:00Comments on .: Hmmm...That Looks Familiar!Ysabeau Wilcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-79040108090299475142007-06-29T12:12:00.000-06:002007-06-29T12:12:00.000-06:00Ah yes, that was the book I was thinking of The Bi...Ah yes, that was the book I was thinking of <I>The Birth of the Modern</I>. I knew it was something ponderous and historical. And you are right about Liz's cover, which features Rossetti's <I>La Ghiralanda</I>. Interestingly enough, the dust jacket gives credit for cover painting to some guy I've never heard of but who is definitely NOT Dante Gabriel Rossetti...A very unkind cut, tho' Rossetti's style speaks for itself and is unmistakable.Ysabeau Wilcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-7695706566085216042007-06-29T05:25:00.000-06:002007-06-29T05:25:00.000-06:00One of those books was The Birth of the Modern, a ...One of those books was <I>The Birth of the Modern,</I> a nonfiction tome for which, unlike the Crowley, the painting was a sensible cover choice.<BR/><BR/>The painting that appears to striking effect on the cover of Liz Hand's <I>Mortal Love</I> has also since appeared on at least one other novel.Paul Witcoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471607385211158481noreply@blogger.com