William Blake's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy

A Study of the Engravings, Pencil Sketches and Watercolors

Eric Pyle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

300 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9488-0 (ISBN)

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William Blake's series of engraved illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy were his last major project and a summation of his religious and artistic beliefs. These pictures are not simple illustrations. In fact the artist used them to reinterpret and correct Dante's poem. This book compares the two men's theological and artistic views and analyses in detail the meaning of these works.

William Blake's series of illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy was his last major project and a summation of his religious and artistic beliefs. Blake intended to engrave this series, but it was unfinished at his death. The series includes seven partially complete engravings and 102 works in various stages of completion--some of the most beautiful pictures of his career. These pictures are not simple illustrations, but constitute a thorough reinterpretation and--in Blake's view--correction of Dante's poem.

This book compares the two men's theological and artistic views and analyzes in detail the meaning of Blake's illustrations, for the first time introducing their theological and aesthetic exuberance to a modern audience.

Eric Pyle studied painting at Parsons School of Design and has a Ph.D. in aesthetic philosophy from Hiroshima University. For many years he has taught classes on the Divine Comedy at Hiroshima’s Peace Park, at the site of the atomic bombing. He lives in Hiroshima, Japan.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I: Blake, His Masters and Rivals

1. Why Did Blake Illustrate The Divine Comedy?

2. Views of Blake’s Dante, Past and Present

Part II: English Dante

3. The Comedy Reaches England

4. The Making of Blake’s Illustrations

Part III: Blake’s Criticism of Dante

5. Marginal Note to Boyd

6. Remarks on the Illustration to Hell, Canto 4

7. “He could never have Builded Dantes Hell”

8. States, Not People

Between pages 122 and 123 are 8 color plates containing 12 photographs

Part IV: The Illustrations

9. Hell

10. Purgatory

11. Heaven

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

References

Index

Zusatzinfo	96 photos (12 in color), notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	526 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
ISBN-10	0-7864-9488-3 / 0786494883
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9488-0 / 9780786494880
Zustand	Neuware