John Flaxman : the illustrations for Dante's Divine comedy / edited by Francesca Salvadori.
"Dante's Divine Comedy, one of the masterworks of European literature, has inspired artists from Botticelli to William Blake, and from Gustave Dore to Robert Rauschenberg and Tom Phillips. The great English Neoclassical sculptor, John Flaxman, is no exception." "Flaxman's dr...
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| Language: | English Italian |
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Royal Academy of Arts,
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| Summary: | "Dante's Divine Comedy, one of the masterworks of European literature, has inspired artists from Botticelli to William Blake, and from Gustave Dore to Robert Rauschenberg and Tom Phillips. The great English Neoclassical sculptor, John Flaxman, is no exception." "Flaxman's drawings for the Divine Comedy are published for the first time in this volume. Famous for his designs for Wedgwood, Flaxman illustrated all 100 cantos of Dante's poem. The book includes the complete series of drawings, together with the preparatory studies, accompanied by Flaxman's annotations. A critical commentary on each drawing completes this book, an important addition to Dante studies and Flaxman scholarship."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the Italian ed., Milan : Electa, 2004. Limited ed. of 1,100 copies. |
| Physical Description: | 279 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1903973597 9781903973592 |