William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations
William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations Dante's Divine Comedy captivated medieval readers, and each successive era remains spellbound by its sublime portraits of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.…
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William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations
Dante's Divine Comedy captivated medieval readers, and each successive era remains spellbound by its sublime portraits of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Gifted at both poetry and painting, William Blake transformed more than a hundred of Dante's visions into sketches, engravings, and brilliant watercolors. In the early 19th century, one of England's great epic poets paid tribute to the Italian master's work.
An 1825 commission from patron John Linnell enabled him to focus on illustrating Dante's tales -- the type of visionary work to which his talents were ideally suited. This collection features all of his distinctive interpretations of Dante's immortal trilogy.Although Blake labored in poverty and obscurity all his life, he is recognized today as one of the preeminent artists and poets of the English-speaking world. The artist spent the last three years of his life creating
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