Commissioned in 1824 — just three years before his death — Blake's sublime watercolors are not only peerless interpretations of Dante's vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, they are dramatic expressions of the great artist's integrity and imagination. Some apocalyptic, others angelic, the 102 plates range from completely finished pieces to rough sketches.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful and Imaginative art -- nice reproduction quality,
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This review is from: William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations: 102 Full-Color Plates (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
This is a beautiful book that really lets you see Blake's creative process: the illustrations range from loose sketches and incomplete paintings, to articulately finished works of art. This book does NOT contain the text of the Divine Comedy, but each plate lists the line numbers it illustrates so one can easily use it while reading Dante's masterpiece. I don't know what the customer who wrote in Italian's complaint is (since I don't understand Italian), but I give this book a top recommendation to all lovers of Blake's art.
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A Good Book if You Like Blake's Art,
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This review is from: William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations: 102 Full-Color Plates (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
I was a copy of Dante's Divine Comedy as a birthday present for a friend who mentioned they would like to have one with the William Blake illustrations. It's hard to the actual Divine Comedy with these illustrations, but then I stumbled upon this. It's nice because you have all of the illustrations (even ones unfinished or not in the original edition of the book with his illustrations). Since my friend already had a copy, I decided to buy this! He loved it and I'm glad I bought it. The quality of the pictures is excellent. A great coffee table book for sure!
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Google translation of Italian review,
This review is from: William Blake's Divine Comedy Illustrations: 102 Full-Color Plates (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) (Paperback)
Unfortunately, my vote is absolutely negative. I expected the 102 illustrations in full color, but instead are much less complete responses. The others seem sketches or proofs, or incomplete works. Let's say there are 10 or 15 breathtaking .... but the rest
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