William Blake: The drawings for Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (completed in 1321) is widely considered the greatest work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents the...
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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (completed in 1321) is widely considered the greatest work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents the soul's journey towards God. In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and ar
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9783836555128 (3836555123)
Publisher: Taschen
Pages no: 324
Edition language: English
--Dante's Afterworld between classical myth and Christian theology, by Maria Antonietta Terzoli--Two masters of "visible parlare": Dante and Blake, by Sebastian Schütze--Catalogue of the Drawings--Catalogue of the Line-EngravingsThe Architecture of Hell - Ruth GesserThe Architecture of Purgatory - R...