J.R. Caines’s inspiration
[ Back to Inspirations ]
Divine Book Covers
| April 25, 2008
| April 25, 2008
Check out the latest cover design on Dante's Divine Comedy.
Inferno
Purgatorio
Paradiso
Nicole Peterson, a recent graphic design graduate from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, designed these book covers for Dante’s Divine Comedy. “I wanted to create a set of covers that didn’t use images from the [Hieronymus] Bosch Hell painting, or any images of Dante and Virgil that are normally found on covers for the Divine Comedy,” writes Peterson on her Flickr page. “I was inspired by Dante’s use of mathematics and architecture in describing Hell, Heaven and Purgatory [and] employed simple geometric shapes and color to represent these places, while still keeping the design simple and allowing the reader to use their imagination when reading these vivid poems.” Click through to see how the design was carried through to Purgatory and Paradise…
Link: Creative Review
Nicole Peterson, a recent graphic design graduate from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, designed these book covers for Dante’s Divine Comedy. “I wanted to create a set of covers that didn’t use images from the [Hieronymus] Bosch Hell painting, or any images of Dante and Virgil that are normally found on covers for the Divine Comedy,” writes Peterson on her Flickr page. “I was inspired by Dante’s use of mathematics and architecture in describing Hell, Heaven and Purgatory [and] employed simple geometric shapes and color to represent these places, while still keeping the design simple and allowing the reader to use their imagination when reading these vivid poems.” Click through to see how the design was carried through to Purgatory and Paradise…
Link: Creative Review
Tags: book covers, jackets
Topic: Graphic Design
Creative Dialogue
2 Comments |[ Add Comment ]
 |
Nate Salciccioli
on April 26, 2008 “What a great idea. The most effective one for me is the Purgatorio....you can really feel that space between heaven and hell. Any idea who the publisher is?” |
 |
Heather A
on May 02, 2008 “I have to agree! While the darker it gets on the Inferno cover makes me feel deep dispair and the Paradiso really makes me feel like I've gone through a transumanaro, the Purgatorio cover is the most powerful...I really feel the struggle of the mountain in the space between Inferno and Paradiso and think I understand the meaning of "fulgore" as Dante meant it!” |
