Rachel Owen: Illustrations for Dante's 'Inferno'
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| Management number | 201892193 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $14.18 | Model Number | 201892193 | ||
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Rachel Owens' illustrations for Dantes Inferno offer a fresh perspective on the poem through collage and printmaking, inviting viewers to explore the underworld as a first-person pilgrim. The Bodleian Library's collection includes the complete cycle of thirty-four cantos with one image per canto, accompanied by essays and additional illustrations. Owens' work is a significant contribution to Dante scholarship and illustration, celebrated by colleagues and friends.
Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2021
Publisher: Bodleian Library
Rachel Owens' captivating illustrations for Dante's Inferno take a groundbreaking approach to portraying the world of the renowned poem. Combining her profound cultural and historical knowledge of The Divine Comedy with her exceptional talent for collage and printmaking, Owens creates a series of images that transport the viewer into the depths of the underworld. These illustrations, inviting us to experience the poem from a unique perspective, challenge our understanding of Dante's masterpiece.
Owens' artwork, housed in the Bodleian Library and now published for the first time, showcases the complete cycle of thirty-four cantos of the Inferno with a single image per canto. Accompanied by essays that contextualize her work and are supplemented by six illustrations intended for the unfinished Purgatorio series, this collection offers a comprehensive exploration of Owens' artistic vision.
Fiona Whitehouse delves into the techniques employed by Owens, Peter Hainsworth situates her work within the realm of modern Dante illustration, and David Bowe provides a commentary on the illustrations as gateways to Dante's poem. Jamie McKendrick and Bernard O'Donoghues translations of selected episodes from the Inferno offer complementary artistic interpretations of the text. Reflections from colleagues and friends commemorate Owens' life and work as an artist, scholar, and teacher, making this stunning collection a significant contribution to both Dante scholarship and illustration.
Weight: 950g
Dimension: 244 x 267 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781851245703
Poetry
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