A Study of William Blake's illustrations of the Divine Comedy including his critical notes
by
Silvia de Santis
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Blake's Dantesque illustrations are the result of dialectics involving and questioning the very premises – political, theological and poetic – of the Commedia. Yet this very issue did not prevent the artist from rendering, at times more efficaciously and more profoundly than any other illustrator,...