Art, Symbol & Imagination
Satan Cast from Heaven
A foreground warrior plunges headlong among falling bodies, spread wings and diagonal weapons. Above the crowded descent a brighter opening recedes into the distance, making the division between Heaven and the abyss visible. The printed caption places the scene at the opening of Milton’s account of the rebellion, when divine power drives Satan from Heaven. Doré gives cosmic judgement the force of an entire host falling together. The accumulated bodies establish the conflict between height and depth that will organise the poem’s journeys.
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Gustave Doré (design). "Satan Cast from Heaven" [editorial title]. In Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré, John Milton; illustrated by Gustave Doré; edited by Henry C. Walsh. Undated John W. Lovell Company edition; exact publication year unverified, undated edition, John W. Lovell Company. Source scan leaf 15. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/milton-dore-14
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source plate, printed verse caption and surrounding poem reviewed. Editorial title; original scan tonality retained. Over-dark plates excluded.
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Gustave Doré (design). Satan Cast from Heaven. Paradise Lost: Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Scan leaf 15. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/milton-dore-14