These 5 fantastic and grotesque scenes depict the passion and grandeur of dantes masterpiece from the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise. This particular undated edition is quite rare and is illustrated with plates of gustave dore. His work is considered one of the greatest pieces of literature created in the italian language. It consists of 5 images each beautifully presented. Gustave dores 18321883 illustrations and dantes divine comedy have become so intimately connected that even today, nearly 150 years after their initial publication, the artists rendering of the poets text still determines our vision of the commedia. As a young man, he began work as a literary illustrator in paris. The dore gallery of bible illustrations gustave dore format. Now it may seem unbelievable, but this magnificent work was originally self.
Gustave dores 18321883 illustrations and dantes divine comedy have. Printed on 12 x 18 bright white linen finished cover stock lb216 gsm. Dore gustave 21 cursd wolf thy fury inward on thyself prey and consume thee. Birks portrayal of paolo and francesca in inferno 5 displays many of the original and thoughtprovoking aspects of the artists illustration of the divine comedy, which itself can be considered an adaptation of gustave dores engravings published between 1861 and 1868 by hachette books. Although he illustrated over 200 books, some with more than 400 plates, he is primarily known for his illustrations to the divine comedy, particularly the inferno, his illustrations to don quixote, coleridges rime of the ancient mariner, and edgar allan poes the raven. Famous for his printed illustrations of over 100 books, among. Dante col sito et forma dell inferno at head of canto primo. British publishers asked him to do more work, including a new illustrated. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Gustave dore was a world famous 19th century illustrator. In 1847, dore decided he wanted to create a book of engravings based on a great literary work, dantes inferno. An acclaimed translation of dante alighieris the divine comedy volume 1. His depiection is hell inferno is still widely held in modern society. Gustave dores dramatic illustrations of dantes divine comedy.
In addition to drawing, he was also an accomplished painter, sculptor and engraver. Gustave dores illustrations for dantes divine comedy. Gustave dore was born at strasbourg, 6th january 1833. Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the original this vigorous translation of inferno preserves dantes simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original italian verse. Thus, dore had every reason to believe that his choice of dantes inferno as. Gustave dore was a prolific engraver, artist, illustrator, and sculptor, working primarily as a wood and steel engraver.
L inferno, purgatorio, et paradiso di dante alighieri. Includes plates produced for the inferno, purgatory, and paradise. Known for his dark, gothic engravings of such classics as dante alighieris divine comedy, his illustrations are as sought after by modern readers and book collectors as they were in his own day. His first illustrated story was published at the age of fifteen. The divine comedy, complete the vision of paradise, purgatory and hell author. The second fifteen plates out of 75 from gustave dores illustrations of dantes inferno. Global grey free pdf, epub, kindle ebook pages pdf.
The dore gallery of bible illustrations, free ebook. Dore s style ranged from the wildest exaggeration to classically constructed human figures and every variation between the two. Inferno by dante, illustrated gustave dore, first edition. Gustave dore published his first set of illustrations for dantes inferno in the french edition of 1861. Gustave dore, in full paul gustave dore, born january 6, 1832, strasbourg, francedied january 23, 1883, paris, french printmaker, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19th century, whose exuberant and bizarre fantasy created vast dreamlike scenes widely emulated by romantic academicians in 1847 he went to paris, and from 1848 to 1851 he produced weekly. Highquality cleanwhite matte finish with crisp feel and superb texture. He walked into the lake, pushed the bag underwater, and fell in. Today, gustave dore is best known for his illustrations of dantes the divine comedy. Charon, ferryman of the dead canto 3, line 76 virtuous pagans in limbo canto 4, line 40 dante and virgil among the gluttons canto 6, line 61 punishment of the avaricious and the prodigal canto 7, line 25 wrathful trying to emerge from the river styx.
The inferno, canto 24 was created by gustave dore in romanticism style. Pdf gustave dores illustrations for dantes divine comedy. Gustave dore illustrations for the divine comedy by dante alighieri. Sienna brooks omar sy inferno sold more than 6 million copies worldwide to date. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Esolen includes some of gustave dores illustrations in the volume. A complete set of dores illustrations, the dore illustrations for dantes divine comedy 6 plates by gustave dore, is available inexpensively and is a tremendous aid in visualizing dantes hell. Illustrations accompanied by appropriate lines from the longfellow translation. Dante alighieri 1265 21 was a major italian poet in the middle ages.
Paradise lost was created by gustave dore in romanticism style. In 1845 he came to paris, at the age of fifteen dore began to exhibit landscape subjects in pen and ink in the salon. Finally the only highquality, easily accessible collection of these gravures on the internet. Alighieri, dante dante s inferno complete with the matching folio volume in gilt rich mustard cloth pictorial a pair rare thus both the same edition in folio published in new york, london and. Illustrator gustave dore jun 29, 2015 erickson living. He produced over 100,000 sketches in his lifetime, and lived to be 50 years old, averaging 6 sketches per day for each day he lived. As one critic wrote in 1861 upon publication of the illustrated inferno. Gustave dore paul gustave louis christophe dore, 6 january 1832 23 january 1883 was a worldrenowned french artist, illustrator, and sculptor, specialized in wood engravings. Find more prominent pieces of illustration at best visual art database. Many artists have attempted to illustrate dante alighieris epic poem the divine comedy, but none.