William Blake's illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy: a study of the engravings, pencil sketches and watercolors
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William Blake's series of illustrations for Dante'sDivine Comedywas 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.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Blake
Eric
Pyle
William - Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781476617022
- Release date
- 2014
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