{"product_id":"william-blake-dante-s-divine-comedy-the-complete-drawings-english","title":"William Blake. Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’. The Complete Drawings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003eImagination Ablaze\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003eWilliam Blake’s spectacular illustrations for “The Divine Comedy”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover William Blake’s complete 102 illustrations for \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, 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, punishment, revenge, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eCelebrated around the world as a literary monument, \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy,\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, including Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Doré, and Auguste Rodin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an intimate 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eMaria Antonietta Terzoli and \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eSebastian Schütze \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6.7 x 9.4 in., \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3.52 lb, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e464 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 978-3-8365-6863-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis item will ship directly from TASCHEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42797489487952,"sku":"9783836568630","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2077\/9947\/files\/2571.png?v=1785361287","url":"https:\/\/maisonrogue.com\/products\/william-blake-dante-s-divine-comedy-the-complete-drawings-english","provider":"Maison Rogue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}