Книга Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’. The Complete Drawings. William Blake (english)

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Книга Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’. The Complete Drawings. William Blake (english)

Ціна: 1785 грн.

Ціна: 1696 грн.

Автор: William Blake
Видавництво: Taschen
Мова: Англійська
Рік видання: 2017
Формат: 170 × 240 мм
Кількість сторінок: 464

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Артикул: 9783836568630 Категорії: , Product ID: 89456

Imagination Ablaze
William Blake s spectacular illustrations for The Divine Comedy

Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265 1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante s journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing, on a deeper level, the soul s path towards salvation.

In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist William Blake (1757 1827) produced 102 illustrations for Dante s masterwork, from pencil sketches to finished watercolors. Like Dante s sweeping poem, Blake s drawings range from scenes of infernal suffering to celestial light, from horrifying human disfigurement to the perfection of physical form. While faithful to the text, Blake also brought his own perspective to some of Dante s central themes.

Today, Blake s illustrations, left in various stages of completion at the time of his death, are dispersed among seven different institutions. This TASCHEN edition brings these works together again, alongside key excerpts from Dante s masterpiece. Two introductory essays consider Dante and Blake, as well as other major artists who have been inspired by The Divine Comedy, including Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Dore, and Auguste Rodin.

With a close reading of Blake s illustrations, and many close-ups to allow the most delicate of details to dazzle, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption.

Вага 1.63 kg
Розміри 170 × 240 mm
Автор

William Blake

Видавництво

Taschen

Мова

Англійська

Рік видання

2017

Кількість сторінок

464

Ілюстрації

Кольорові

Формат

170 × 240 мм

Папір

офсетний

ISBN

9783836568630

Штрихкод

9783836568630

Палітурка

тверда