{"product_id":"minos-dante-inferno-gustave-dore","title":"Minos, Judge of the Damned — Gustave Doré (Dante's Inferno, 1861)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe judge of Hell, coiling his tail to seal each sentence.\u003c\/strong\u003e Crowned and seen from behind, a colossal Minos fills the foreground, his serpent tail wrapped around his massive back. Above him, along a dark wall of rock, bat-winged demons drag a tangle of naked souls towards the abyss. Doré never shows his face: all the menace lies in the muscles, the coils and the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the entrance to the second circle, Dante meets Minos, the legendary king of Crete turned into the judge of the dead (\u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, Canto V). Every soul confesses its sins before him, and he wraps his tail around himself as many times as the number of the circle it is condemned to. Then the sinner is hurled down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works on your wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDark and dramatic\u003c\/strong\u003e: deep blacks and a single pale body for a library, a study or a dark-academia interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA story on the wall\u003c\/strong\u003e: the first great monster of the \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, a conversation piece for every Dante reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFraming tip\u003c\/strong\u003e: a black frame with a wide white mat brings out its contrasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDoré's Divine Comedy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGustave Doré (1832–1883) was 23 when he began illustrating Dante. No publisher would risk such a lavish book, so he paid for the \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e himself; it appeared with Hachette in 1861 and sold out at once. \u003cem\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eParadiso\u003c\/em\u003e followed in 1868, bringing the whole \u003cem\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e to 135 plates. Doré drew straight onto blocks of boxwood, and a team of master engravers cut his lines into the wood: hence the velvety blacks and the light that seems to come from nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e: Gustave Doré (1832–1883)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: illustration for Dante's \u003cem\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, Canto V\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1861\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique\u003c\/strong\u003e: wood engraving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary source\u003c\/strong\u003e: Dante Alighieri, \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestored from a high-definition scan of the original engraving, keeping its deep blacks and silver greys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted in Europe on thick archival matte paper, FSC certified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom A4 to A0, plus 40×60, 50×70, 60×90 and 70×100 cm and 12×18 to 27×40 inch sizes, all made for standard frames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree shipping, no minimum order. 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