Flaxman's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy
By John Flaxman
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This magnificent edition of Flaxman's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy includes the complete series of drawings created by Flaxman for all 99 cantos of the literary masterwork. A glorious collection of lively outlines that captures the very spirit of Dante's poem, it is an essential addition to the bookshelves of art, literature, and history enthusiasts. Captions are included from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation of the original text.
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Flaxman's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy - John Flaxman
followed.
Virgil and Beatrice Meeting
Canto II, lines 52–60
Among those was I who are in suspense,
And a fair, saintly Lady called to me
In such wise, I besought her to command me.
Her eyes were shining brighter than the Star;
And she began to say, gentle and low,
With voice angelical, in her own language:
‘O spirit courteous of Mantua,
Of whom the fame still in the world endures,
And shall endure, long-lasting as the world’
And a fair, saintly Lady called to me
Charon’s Boat
Canto III, lines 109–120
Charon the demon, with the eyes of glede,
Beckoning to them, collects them all together,
Beats with his oar whoever lags behind.
As in the autumn-time the leaves fall off,
First one and then another, till the branch
Unto the earth surrenders all its spoils;
In similar wise the evil seed of Adam
Throw themselves from that margin one by one,
At signals, as a bird unto its lure.
So they depart across the dusky wave,
And ere upon the other side they land,
Again on this side a new troop assembles.
So they depart across the dusky wave
Christ’s Descent to Limbo
Canto IV, lines 46–54
Tell me, my Master, tell me, thou my Lord,"
Began I, with desire of being certain
Of that Faith which o’ercometh every error,
"Came any one by his own merit hence,
Or by another’s, who was blessed thereafter?"
And he, who understood my covert speech,
Replied: "I was a novice in this state,
When I saw hither come a Mighty One,
With sign of victory