From the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise, Doré'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 forest of suicides, Thaïs the harlot, Bertram de Born holding his severed head aloft, Ugolino (four plates), the emergence of Dante and Virgil from hell, the ascent up the mountain, the flight of the eagle, Arachne, the lustful sinners being purged in the seventh circle, the appearance of Beatrice, the planet Mercury, and the first splendors of paradise, Christ on the cross, the stairway of Saturn, the final vision of the Queen of Heaven, and many more.Įach plate is accompanied by appropriate lines from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation of Dante's work. Gustave Doré, combat du taureau et de léléphant(1862-1873) dans Voyages en Espagne de Jean Charles Davillier. The present volume reproduces with excellent clarity all 135 plates that Doré produced for The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. 'Professor Esolens translation of Dantes Inferno is the best one I have seen, for two reasons. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Doré's personal favorites. An extraordinary new verse translation of Dantes masterpiece, by poet, scholar, and lauded translator Anthony Esolen. Gustave Dore's vast works are narrative and iconic, featuring dramatic use of contrast and no aversion to darker themes. His Doré Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. The Paradise Lost and Dante's Divine Comedy illustrations have become so praised that many have become macabre popular culture items in their own right. Gustave Doré (1832–83) was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. (Jesus expels the vendilhes from the temple by Gustav Dore).
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