William Blake’s Divine Comedy Illustrations: 102 Full-Color Plates (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

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Dante’s Divine Comedy captivated medieval readers, and every successive era remains spellbound by its sublime portraits of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In the early 19th century, certainly one of England’s great epic poets paid tribute to the Italian master’s work. Gifted at both poetry and painting, William Blake transformed more than a hundred of Dante’s visions into sketches, engravings, and brilliant watercolors. This collection features all of his distinctive interpretations of Dante’s immortal trilogy.
Although Blake labored in poverty and obscurity all his life, he’s recognized as of late as one of the crucial preeminent artists and poets of the English-speaking world. An 1825 commission from patron John Linnell enabled him to concentrate on illustrating Dante’s tales — the kind of visionary work to which his talents were ideally suited. The artist spent the last three years of his life creating these images, which range from completely finished pieces to rough sketches. Blake’s highly original approach offers not only a very good introduction to Dante’s allegorical tales, but also a new and fresh standpoint for those already acquainted with the Divine Comedy.
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