Hilaire Belloc Project
Gracestone Calligraphics
Technical Info
This art piece was rendered using gouache for the map and a ruling pen for the dedicatory calligraphy at the bottom. Salt crystals were employed to create the textures found in the water and terrain.
This was an anniversary present that centered on Hilaire Belloc's, The Path to Rome. He wrote this travelogue of his personal walking journey starting in Toul, France, progressing through Switzerland, and ending eventually in Rome. He had taken this pilgrimage for the benefit of personal religious enlightenment.
This book provides Belloc's witty and astute observations of the villages, towns, and people he encountered along the way in this part of Europe prior to World War I.
Belloc was a highly regarded Catholic prolific writer on such topics as history, religion, politics, and economics.
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