{"product_id":"william-blake-dantes-divine-comedy-the-complete-drawings-9783836568630","title":"William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings","description":"\u003cp\u003eCelebrated around the world as a literary monument, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Divine Comedy, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e completed in 1321 and written by \u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri \u003c\/strong\u003e(1265-1321), is widely \u003cstrong\u003econsidered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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\u003e In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e (1757-1827) produced \u003cstrong\u003e102 illustrations for Dante's masterwork\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003ekey excerpts from Dante's masterpiece\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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\u003e With \u003cstrong\u003ean intimate reading of Blake's illustrations, and many close-ups\u003c\/strong\u003e to allow the most delicate of details to dazzle, this is a breathtaking encounter with \u003cstrong\u003etwo of the finest artistic talents in history\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as with such \u003cstrong\u003euniversal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTerzoli, Maria Antonietta:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - After studying in Pavia, Bologna, and Geneva, Maria Antonietta Terzoli taught at the universities of Geneva and Zurich. Since 1991 she has been a professor at the University of Basel, where she is head of the department of Italian Studies. A philologist and interpreter of literary text, she specializes in Italian literature.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchütze, Sebastian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Sebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen's University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613293515026,"sku":"9783836568630","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fdf17e77-ed91-41fa-bc39-7e641d72ff96.jpg?v=1732394257","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/william-blake-dantes-divine-comedy-the-complete-drawings-9783836568630","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}