William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations
Title | William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations PDF eBook |
Author | William Blake |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 112 |
Release | 2012-12-19 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 048613377X |
Commissioned in 1824 — just three years before his death — Blake's sublime watercolors are peerless interpretations of Dante's vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven and range from finished pieces to rough sketches.
William Blake's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
Title | William Blake's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Pyle |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2016-04-29 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1476617023 |
William Blake's series of illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy was his last major project and a summation of his religious and artistic beliefs. Blake intended to engrave this series, but it was unfinished at his death. The series includes seven partially complete engravings and 102 works in various stages of completion--some of the most beautiful pictures of his career. These pictures are not simple illustrations, but constitute a thorough reinterpretation and--in Blake's view--correction of Dante's poem. This book compares the two men's theological and artistic views and analyzes in detail the meaning of Blake's illustrations, for the first time introducing their theological and aesthetic exuberance to a modern audience.
William Blake: the Drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy
Title | William Blake: the Drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Antonietta Terzoli |
Publisher | Taschen |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2017-04-25 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783836564984 |
Imagination Ablaze William Blake's spectacular illustrations to The Divine Comedy Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing, on a deeper level, the soul's path towards salvation. In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827) produced 102 illustrations for Dante's masterwork, from pencil sketches to finished watercolors. Like Dante's sweeping poem, Blake's drawings range from scenes of infernal suffering to celestial light, from horrifying human disfigurement to the perfection of physical form. While faithful to the text, Blake also brought his own perspective to some of Dante's central themes. Today, Blake's illustrations, left in various stages of completion at the time of his death, are dispersed among seven different institutions. This TASCHEN edition brings these works together again, alongside key excerpts from Dante's masterpiece. Two introductory essays consider Dante and Blake, as well as other major artists who have been inspired by The Divine Comedy, including Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eug�ne Delacroix, Gustave Dor�, and Auguste Rodin. With a close reading of Blake's illustrations, and many close-ups to allow the most delicate of details to dazzle, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption. About the series: Bibliotheca Universalis-- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia. Bookworm's delight -- never bore, always excite!
William Blake and His Illustrations to the Divine Comedy
Title | William Blake and His Illustrations to the Divine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | William Butler Yeats |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 1896 |
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William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings. 40th Anniversary Edition
Title | William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings. 40th Anniversary Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Schütze |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 464 |
Release | 2021-11-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783836589147 |
Discover William Blake's complete 102 illustrations for The Divine Comedy, with excerpts from Dante's epic poem. Featuring an intimate reading of Blake's extraordinary works and many close-up details, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, ...
William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings
Title | William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Schütze |
Publisher | Taschen |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-10-16 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9783836568630 |
Discover William Blake's complete 102 illustrations for The Divine Comedy, with excerpts from Dante's epic poem. Featuring an intimate reading of Blake's extraordinary works and many close-up details, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, ...
Blake's Illustrations to the Divine Comedy
Title | Blake's Illustrations to the Divine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Albert S. Roe |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
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