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The Digital Public Library of America amplifies the value of libraries as Americans’ most trusted sources of shared knowledge. They do this by proactively collaborating with partners in the field to accelerate innovative tools and ideas that empower and equip libraries to broaden digital access to information. Recovering The Classics is a crowdsourced collection of original book covers for some of the greatest works in the public domain, where anyone can contribute.
Because this story is centered on the story of Satan's fall from heaven and his influence in the original sin, I wanted the focus of the cover to be on the aftermath of Eve eating the forbidden fruit, with snake-like imagery throughout. This ultimately was a multimedia piece that included the use of inks, paints, photography, and digital rendering. My goal was for it to look antiquated, so I styled it as a leather-bound book, and the gold and silver lettering and details in the image would resemble pressed metallic ink. - Alyssa Rousonelos
