Among them are the Last Judgement by Michelangelo and paintings by Hieronymus Bosch although they did not represent particular parts of the poem, both artists found inspiration in gory descriptions from Dante's work. Before Botticelli, miniatures and illuminated manuscripts also showed parts of the piece's divine and inferno spheres, with later periods producing single The Divine Comedy paintings. These illustrations for Cristoforo Landino's edition were made in pen and ink with four of them done in full colour. Each illustration shows a theme from a specific canto, including Paradise and Inferno. The poem's structural component is canto, with 100 cantos in total.Īmong its first illustrators was the celebrated Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, who made 92 full-page pictures based on Dante's poem. The pilgrim in the Comedy is Dante, accompanied by three guides - Beatrice (divine revelation), Virgil (human reason), and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (mysticism and devotion to Mary). The poem follows a travel of the human soul towards God it is an allegorical representation of the recognition and rejection of sin, starting in Hell, followed by penitence in Purgatory, and finally, the soul's ascent to Heaven.
The Comedy with Dante's strong imagery influenced the way we see Hell or Inferno and Paradise today, and left a lasting mark on visual culture over the centuries. His oeuvre inspired artists over the centuries, from Sandro Botticelli and William Blake to Gustave Doré and Salvador Dalí who.īetween 13 Dante Alighieri wrote La Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy) that later on has been rendered in numerous illustrations and paintings, showing an unfaltering interest in this work. The year 2021 marks 700 years since the writer's death. Italian art from the late middle ages and early Renaissance approached this topic by mixing the emerging interest in self with religious and mythological themes.Ī unique and ultimately the most compelling vision of human trajectory through divine and hellish spheres was given by one of the leading poets of the time, Dante Alighieri. The destiny of humankind is a constant inspiration for poets and artists, as they strive to represent it in the most effective way that provokes thinking and leave a lasting impression on those who observe their work.
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