Illustrations for Dante's Inferno

• Verfasst von: Batten, John D. [KünstlerIn]
• Titel: Illustrations for Dante's Inferno
• Mitwirkende: Hainsworth, Peter [VerfasserIn einer Einleitung] [VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text]
• Verf.angabe: John Dickson Batten ; introduction and commentaries by Peter Hainsworth
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: [Ringwood]
• Verlag: Panarc International
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 117 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• ISBN: 1-9161566-6-5
• ISBN: 978-1-9161566-6-1
• Schlagwörter: (t)Dante <Alighieri> / Inferno / (s)Illustration
• Schlagwörter: (p)Batten, John D. / (t)Dante <Alighieri> / Inferno / (s)Illustration
• Dokumenttyp: Quelle
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1760896071

Abstract

The forty-five illustrations for Dante's Inferno by John Dickson Batten (1860-1932) are perhaps the greatest achievement of an undeservedly forgotten artist. They were commissioned in the 1890s by George Musgrave (1855-1932) to accompany the second edition of his idiosyncratic translation of the Inferno, which finally appeared in 1933, a year after the deaths of both men. Musgrave left the illustrations to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where they were displayed for a long time on the walls of what is still known as Hell Passage. In more recent years they have remained hidden away in the college library, unknown even to art historians and Dante scholars. This volume, published as part of the celebrations to mark the 700th anniversary of Dante's death, aims to give a broader public than ever before the chance to enjoy both Batten's imaginative originality and his ability to create arresting visual realisations of scenes and events described in Dante's great poem.