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 |
Pages | 298 |
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. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings
Title | William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Schütze |
Publisher | Taschen |
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 & Dante
Title | Blake & Dante PDF eBook |
Author | Silvia De Santis |
Publisher | Gangemi |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9788849234497 |
Blake's Dantesque illustrations are the result of dialectics involving and questioning the very premises ? political, theological and poetic ? of the Commedia. Yet this very issue did not prevent the artist from rendering, at times more efficaciously and more profoundly than any other illustrator, Dante's unique atmospheres. Blake's approach thus enables us to revisit the Commedia from unaccustomed, privileged angles: on the one hand, we have great visionary poetry reflecting on itself; and on the other, the image that translates the poetic word, ?transforming? it into a new creation able to shed an original light on important aspects of Dante's work and thoughts.
William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations
Title | William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations PDF eBook |
Author | William Blake |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 114 |
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.
Drawings of William Blake
Title | Drawings of William Blake PDF eBook |
Author | William Blake |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1970-01-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780486223032 |
The artist and poet are clearly revealed in these reproductions of Blake's pencil drawings
William Blake's Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy
Title | William Blake's Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | William Blake |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Doré Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
Title | The Doré Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Gustave Doré |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2012-09-21 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0486129934 |
These 135 fantastic scenes depict the passion and grandeur of Dante's masterpiece — from the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise.