As you may have guessed, Salvador Dali is my favourite artist.
One of his perhaps lesser known efforts is a series of 100 wood block prints that he was commissioned to create, illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy. I first came across this series when we were in France in 2005, at a little gallery in Ste Maxime. The prints cover three stages: Hell, Purgatory and Heaven / Paradise.
My favourites of each are:
Cerebus (Hell 6)
Dante Purified (Purgatory 33)
The Dust of Souls (Paradise 11)
I remember just looking at them and feeling in awe. Right away I found these three, in particular, to be very powerful images.
You can see them all here:
http://www.dalionline.com/divinecomedy.html
Hope you enjoy them too!
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