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 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 ...
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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 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.
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Add this copy of The Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy to cart. $60.00, very good condition, Sold by Grey Matter Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hadley, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Royal Academy Publications.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. From a limited edition of 1100 copies. Text and images are unmarked, though there is some light foxing on the first few and last few pages. The top edge of the pages is foxed; the pages are otherwise bright. Binding is sturdy. Dust jacket shows some light wear around the edges, mostly along the top edge. There is foxing scattered across the dust jacket and there is an old price sticker on the back of the dust jacket. International/Priority shipping at cost.
Add this copy of John Flaxman: the Illustrations for Dante's Divine to cart. $110.00, very good condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Royal Academy of Arts.
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Near Fine Plus in Near Fine Plus jacket. Limited Edition. Square 4to. Hardcover in dust jacket., if you remove the dj, there is a very small wrinkle at the bottom of the front board, near the spine, and is only of the paper which covers the board. it is a printers flaw, not damage. no other flaws of any description anywhere.; this edition was limited to 1, 100 unnumbered copies.; 279pp., the basically black and white drawings are illustrated in color., contains three essays by various contributors. reference material.; a most beautiful volume.
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Used-Very Good. 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. Book has minor shelf wear.
Add this copy of The Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy to cart. $164.70, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Royal Academy Publications.
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New. 1903973597. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED---Corresponds to ISBN: 1903973597. 279 pages; 257 illustrations. --with a bonus offer--
