Art, Symbol & Imagination
Blindness Unmasked and the Synopsis of Inferno
A standing nude occupies one small framed panel beside a circular diagram filled with divisions and signs. The headings identify Blindness Unmasked and the Synopsis of Inferno. Spare places these paired images at the beginning of Earth Inferno to introduce its joined visual and philosophical argument.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Blindness Unmasked and the Synopsis of Inferno" [editorial title]. In Earth Inferno, Austin Osman Spare. Undated supplied digital facsimile, undated edition. Source scan leaf 5. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-blindness-and-synopsis
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From Spare’s sequence of drawings and allegorical verse first published in 1905. The complete reproduced page, including its frame, caption and ornamental details, is retained.
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Austin Osman Spare. Blindness Unmasked and the Synopsis of Inferno. Earth Inferno. Scan leaf 5. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-blindness-and-synopsis