ESCUELA INGLESA S.XIX
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer . Engraving . Pair of e…

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ESCUELA INGLESA S.XIX The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer . Engraving . Pair of engravings after drawings and compositions by John Flaxman (1755 - 1826), English sculptor, who worked as a model maker for the Wedgwood factory. Framed. Larger size: 18 x 37 cm

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ESCUELA INGLESA S.XIX

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FLAXMAN, John. Oeuvre des jours et la Théogonie d'Hésiode. In Paris, Bance, Rue S. Denis no. 214 and others, 1821. Oblong folio, mm. 315x460. Binding in editorial hardback. Pp. 4 with explanation of plates and 37 plates. Some damage and reinforcement to binding, some spotting, overall good copy. Combined with: FLAXMAN, John. L'Iliade d'Homère.A Paris, Bance, Rue S. Denis no. 214, s.d. Oblong folio, mm. 310x460 mm. Binding in editorial hardback. 4 pp., 35 plates. Some damage and reinforcement to binding, some spotting, overall good copy. Fine collection of engravings by John Flaxman (1755-1826), master of English neoclassical sculpture and contemporary of William Blake who played a significant role in the spread of neoclassical taste in Britain. Much inspired by antiquity for Wedgwood's ceramics, Flaxman settled in Rome in 1787 where he composed his famous illustrations for the Iliad and Odyssey, engraved by Tommaso Piroli, soon followed by those for Dante's Divine Comedy and Aeschylus' Tragedies. His style borrows the artistic manner of Greek vases and ancient cameos, from which simple, clean compositions emerge. FLAXMAN, John. Oeuvre des jours et la Théogonie d'Hésiode.A Paris, Bance, Rue S. Denis no. 214 and others, 1821 Oblong folio, mm. 315x460. Publisher's cardboard binding. Pp. 4 with explanation of the plates and 37 plates. Some damage and reinforcement to the binding, some spotting, overall good copy. Bound with: FLAXMAN, John. L'Iliade d'Homère.In Paris, Bance, Rue S. Denis no. 214, s.d. Oblong folio, 310x460 mm. Publisher's cardboard binding. Pp. 4, 35 plates. Some damage and reinforcement to binding, some spotting, overall good copy. Beautiful collection of engravings by John Flaxman (1755-1826), master of English neoclassical sculpture and contemporary of William Blake who played a significant role in the spread of neoclassical taste in Britain. Much inspired by antiquity for Wedgwood's ceramics, Flaxman settled in Rome in 1787 where he composed his famous illustrations for the Iliad and the Odyssey, engraved by Tommaso Piroli, soon followed by those for Dante's Divine Comedy and Aeschylus' Tragedies. His style borrows the artistic manner of Greek vases and ancient cameos, from which simple, clean compositions emerge.

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