Rapunzel

Summary

Zelinsky retells the classic tale of a girl locked in a tower by a sorceress, her long hair the only way up to her window, and the prince who finds her there. His oil paintings draw on Italian Renaissance art, filling the pages with rich landscapes, ornate architecture, and luminous color that lend the fairy tale the weight of an old masterwork. The book stands out for taking a familiar story and rendering it with the technique and grandeur of museum painting.