The Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
by Salvadori, Francesca (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1903973597
- ISBN 13
- 9781903973592
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. 279pp. Pure White boards.Dante's Divine Comedy, one of the masterworks of European literature, has inspired artists from Botticelli to William Blake, and from Gustave Dori to Robert Rauschenberg and Tom Phillips. The great English Neoclassical sculptor John Flaxman (17551826) is no exception. Flaxman's drawings for the Divine Comedy are published for the first time in this handsome volume. Famous for his designs for Wedgwood, Flaxman illustrated all 99 cantos of Dante's poem. The book includes the complete series of drawings, together with the preparatory studies accompanied by rhymes composed by Flaxman himself. A critical commentary on each drawing completes this magnificent book, an important addition to Dante studies and Flaxman scholarship.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by John Flaxman . 11 3/4" x 113/4".
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- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034328
- Title
- The Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
- Author
- Salvadori, Francesca (Editor)
- Illustrator
- John Flaxman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1903973597
- ISBN 13
- 9781903973592
- Publisher
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 11 3/4" x 113/4"
- Keywords
- Divine Comedy Cantos Illulstrations John Flaxman
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