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The Princess Diaries by Fabian Perez

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The “Divine Comedy” by Ezio Anichini

Dante Alighieri had a major influence on the career of his fellow citizen Ezio Anichini (1886-1948).

The Florentine artist – who collaborated with magazines such as “Almanacco italiano Bemporad”, “Il Giornalino della Domenica”, and “Scena illustrata” since the very early 1900s – often worked on portraits of the famous poet, represented scenes from his works, and illustrated postcards to celebrate the 600-year anniversary of Dante’s death, in 1921.

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Alexander Jamieson (Scottish, 1782-1850)

A Celestial Atlas, 1822

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Harry Clarke (Irish, 1889-1931)

While imprisoned for homosexuality in 1897, Oscar Wilde wrote a tragic letter to his former companion, Lord Alfred Douglas. In 1913, possibly inspired by Oscar Wilde’s letter below, Harry Clarke made the illustration above.

Harry Clarke was an illustrator and a stained glass artist. He created the stained glass window shown here for a church in Oughterard, Galway, Ireland.

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Oscar Wilde wrote:

Religion does not help me. The faith that others give to what is unseen, I give to what one can touch, and look at. My gods dwell in temples made with hands; and within the circle of actual experience is my creed made perfect and complete: too complete, it may be, for like many or all of those who have placed their heaven in this earth, I have found in it not merely the beauty of heaven, but the horror of hell also.

- De Profundis, 1897

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