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1、TheMerryAdventuresofRobinHoodPyle,HowardPublished:1883Type(s):Novels,YoungReaders,AdventureSource:ProjectGutenberg1AboutPyle:HowardPyle(March5,1853–November9,1911)wasanAmericanil-lustratorandwriter,primarilyofbooksforyoungaudiences.AnativeofWilmington,
2、Delaware,hespentthelastyearofhislifeinFlorence,Italy.In1894hebeganteachingillustrationattheDrexelInstituteofArt,ScienceandIndustry(nowDrexelUniversity),andafter1900hefoundedhisownschoolofartandillustrationcalledtheHowardPyleSchoolofIllustrationArt.Thet
3、ermtheBrandywineSchoolwaslaterappliedtotheillustrationartistsandWyethfamilyartistsoftheBrandywineregionbyPitz(latercalledtheBrandywineSchool).Someofhismorefamousstu-dentswereOliveRush,N.C.Wyeth,FrankSchoonover,ElenoreAbbott,EllenBernardThompsonPyle,and
4、JessieWillcoxSmith.His1883classicTheMerryAdventuresofRobinHoodremainsinprinttothisday,andhisotherbooks,frequentlywithmedievalEuropeansettings,includeafour-volumesetonKingArthurthatcementedhisreputation.Hewroteanoriginalwork,OttooftheSilverHand,in1888.H
5、ealsoillustratedhis-toricalandadventurestoriesforperiodicalssuchasHarper'sWeeklyandSt.NicholasMagazine.HisMenofIronwasmadeintoamoviein1954,TheBlackShieldofFalworth.PyletravelledtoFlorence,Italytostudymuralpaintingin1910,anddiedtherein1911ofsuddenkidney
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