Dore's Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy

Dover Publications Inc.

Dor's Illustrations for Dante's Divine ComedyAuthor(s): Gustave Dor\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Dover Publications Inc, United States\nImprint: Dover Publications Inc.\nISBN-13: 9780486232317, 978-0486232317\nSynopsis\nGustave Dor [tel] was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Dor Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Dor's personal favorites. The present volume reproduces with excellent clarity all 135 plates that Dor produced for The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. From the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise, Dor's illustrations depict the passion and grandeur of Dante's masterpiece in such famous scenes as the embarkation of the souls for hell, Paolo and Francesca (four plates), the .