Art, Symbol & Imagination
Dante and Beatrice Ascend to the Highest Heaven
Dante and Beatrice appear twice beneath a radiant sun and a band of zodiac animals: below among clouds, then above within a field of flame. Letters distinguish the figures. The caption identifies their ascent to the highest heaven and calls the source an ancient Italian woodcut. Repeated bodies and stacked regions turn the movement through the heavens into a compact sequence within one image.
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Uncredited woodcut artist. "Dante and Beatrice Ascend to the Highest Heaven" [editorial title]. In A Walk in Other Worlds with Dante, Marion S. Bainbrigge. 1969 Kennikat Press reissue of 1914 work, 1969, Kennikat Press. Source scan leaf 199. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0068-0184
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Uncredited woodcut artist. Dante and Beatrice Ascend to the Highest Heaven. A Walk in Other Worlds with Dante. Scan leaf 199. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0068-0184