Images of the journey in Dante's Divine comedy
By: Charles H. Taylor and Patricia Finley.
Contributors: Finley, Patricia, 1925-
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. -- Illustrations
Description: The vivid events and characters of Dante's Divine Comedy - one of the most powerful expressions of sacred imagination in all literature - have inspired artists for over six centuries. This magnificently illustrated book assembles more than 250 illustrations of Dante's poem, created by fifteen known artists and some twenty anonymous illuminators to depict every aspect of the pilgrim's journey to the depths of Hell, the mountain of Purgatory, and the heavenly spheres of Paradise.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280) and index.
"An illustrated and interpretive guide to the poet's sacred vision, with 257 annotated illustrations selected from six centuries of artistic response to the poem."