Bøger af Maria Antonietta Terzoli

Discover William Blake's complete 102 illustrations for The Divine Comedy, with excerpts from Dante's epic poem. Featuring an intimate reading of Blake's extraordinary works and many close-up details, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt,...

Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing, on a deeper level, the soul's path towards salvation. In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827) produced 102 illustrations for Dante's masterwork, from pencil sketches to finished watercolors. Like Dante's sweeping poem, Blake's drawings range from scenes of infernal suffering to celestial light, from horrifying human disfigurement to the perfection of physical form. While faithful to the text, Blake also brought his own perspective to some of Dante's central themes. Today, Blake's illustrations, left in various stages of completion at the time of his death, are dispersed among seven different institutions. This TASCHEN edition brings these works together again, alongside key excerpts from Dante's masterpiece. Two introductory essays consider Dante and Blake, as well as other major artists who have been inspired by The Divine Comedy, including Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Doré, and Auguste Rodin. With an intimate reading of Blake's illustrations, and many close-ups to allow the most delicate of details to dazzle, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption.

Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, representing, on a deeper level, the soul's path towards salvation. In the last few years of his life, Romantic poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827) produced 102 illustrations for Dante's masterwork, from pencil sketches to finished watercolors. Like Dante's sweeping poem, Blake's drawings range from scenes of infernal suffering to celestial light, from horrifying human disfigurement to the perfection of physical form. While faithful to the text, Blake also brought his own perspective to some of Dante's central themes. Today, Blake's illustrations, left in various stages of completion at the time of his death, are dispersed among seven different institutions. This TASCHEN edition brings these works together again, alongside key excerpts from Dante's masterpiece. Two introductory essays consider Dante and Blake, as well as other major artists who have been inspired by The Divine Comedy, including Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Doré, and Auguste Rodin. With an intimate reading of Blake's illustrations, and many close-ups to allow the most delicate of details to dazzle, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well as with such universal themes as love, guilt, punishment, revenge, and redemption.

Die Göttliche Komödie von Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) gilt als größtes literarisches Werk der italienischen Sprache (vollendet 1321) und Meisterwerk der Weltliteratur. Das Opus beschreibt die Reise des Dichters durch Hölle und Fegefeuer in den Himmel, und auf einer tieferen Ebene den symbolischen Weg der Seele zu Gott.In seinen letzten Lebensjahren vollendete der Poet und Maler William Blake (1757-1827) 102 Illustrationen zu Dantes epischer Dichtung, die von Bleistiftskizzen bis hin zu fertigen Aquarellen reichen. Blake gelingt es, die visionäre Kraft von Dantes Sprache in Bilder zu übersetzen und in ihrer ganzen Spannbreite darzustellen: von den Qualen der Hölle bis zur Glückseligkeit des Paradieses, von grausamen Verstümmelungen der Verdammten bis hin zur göttlichen Schönheit der Erlösten. Wenngleich Blake dem Text Dantes treu blieb, brachte er seine eigene Betrachtungsweise zu zentralen Themen des Werkes ein.Heute befinden sich Blakes Zeichnungen in sieben verschiedenen Institutionen. Diese Ausgabe vereint sie wieder und stellt ihnen Schlüsselverse aus Dantes Werk zur Seite. Zwei Essays führen den Leser in das Werk von Dante und Blake ein. Wie groß der Einfluss der Göttlichen Komödie auf die Werke der bildenden Kunst war, zeigen Arbeiten von Sandro Botticelli, Michelangelo, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Doré und Auguste Rodin.Alle Illustrationen werden ausführlich erläutert und dank zahlreicher faszinierender Ausschnittvergrößerungen kommt jedes noch so kleine Detail zur Geltung. Diese Begegnung von zwei der größten Künstler aller Zeiten ist überwältigend und wird in so universellen Themen wie Liebe, Schuld, Sühne, Rache und Erlösung anschaulich.