Dante's Divine Comedy

Seymour Chwast

ISBN 10: 1408808188 / ISBN 13: 9781408808184

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2010

Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.37. Seller Inventory # 353-1408808188-gdd

Synopsis:

Take on this timeless classic not only charming and clever, it is so cannily rendered that it makes Dante complex masterpiece easily understood...

Review: Product Description
The "left-handed designer," Seymour Chwast has been putting his unparalleled take—and influence—on the world of illustration and design for the last half century. In his version of Dante's Divine Comedy, Chwast's first graphic novel, Dante and his guide Virgil don fedoras and wander through noir-ish realms of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, finding both the wicked and the wondrous on their way.

Dante Alighieri wrote his epic poem The Divine Comedy from 1308 to 1321 while in exile from his native Florence. In the work's three parts (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise), Dante chronicles his travels through the afterlife, cataloging a multitude of sinners and saints—many of them real people to whom Dante tellingly assigned either horrible punishment or indescribable pleasure—and eventually meeting both God and Lucifer face-to-face.

In his adaptation of this skewering satire, Chwast creates a visual fantasia that fascinates on every page: From the multifarious torments of the Inferno to the host of delights in Paradise, his inventive illustrations capture the delirious complexity of this classic of the Western canon.

A Look Inside Dante's Divine Comedy: A Graphic Adaptation
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Second circle of Hell	Sins of the flesh
The three furies	Sixth circle of Hell

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dante's Divine Comedy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good