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William Blake's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy: A Study of the Engravings, Pencil Sketches and Watercolors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786494880)
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xWilliam 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.
Author: Eric Pyle
ISBN-10: 0786494883
ISBN-13: 9780786494880
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2015
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 10.08h x 7.01w x 0.66d
By Eric Pyle
xEric Pyle studied painting at Parsons School of Design and has a Ph.D. in aesthetic philosophy from Hiroshima University. For many years he has taught classes on the Divine Comedy at Hiroshima's Peace Park, at the site of the atomic bombing. He lives in Hiroshima, Japan.
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