6/1/2023 0 Comments Gustave dore divine comedyGustave Doré and Sandro Botticelli-she cites as examples-while generally faithful to Dante’s text, also introduced changes to their works. “Many artists introduce changes, some subtle, others more striking,” she continued. “Dante’s imaginative comparisons and vivid descriptions of the afterlife have sparked the imaginations of innumerable artists,” Deborah Parker, Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia, tells Art & Object. Painters have long recognized the importance of understanding the source material intimately: through their execution, they sought to transcribe the poet’s vision. “Artists in all media have responded to the Commedia with an abundance and enthusiasm that even the Bible has not matched,” writes Jean-Pierre Barricelli in the paper “Dante in the Arts: A Survey” published in the 1996 edition of Dante Studies. Ever since Dante’s Divine Comedy was published, it both ascended to the canon of Western literature and inspired countless artistic interpretations of the poet’s journey through the otherworld as he and his guides traverse the depths of Hell, climb Mount Purgatory, and then ascend to Paradise.
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