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Dante Poliglotta Website

November 2, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

“Ogni lingua ha una sua musicalità, una sua potenzialità artistica, una sua produzione letteraria. E ogni produzione letteraria, piccola o grande che sia, è potenzialmente capace di moltiplicarsi per il numero enorme delle lingue esistenti.

“Con la Divina Commedia questa moltiplicazione ha raggiunto dimensioni davvero stupefacenti. Il sito Dante Poliglotta, che dispone di un patrimonio di circa duecento edizioni di traduzioni della Divina Commedia in sessanta lingue e dialetti diversi, ha appunto lo scopo di rendere omaggio all’universalità di Dante facendo conoscere questo ricco patrimonio culturale al pubblico della rete. Per il piacere di chi ama la Divina Commedia, per la gioia di chi adora le lingue e i dialetti, e per la consolazione di re Nembrotte di Babele.” [. . .] –Giuliano Turone, Dante Poliglotta, 28 Ottubre, 2012

Illuminating Dante Exhibit at the University of Arkansas

October 23, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

“Presented from October 5-31, the exhibit consists of 22 items from Special Collections, including a recently acquired 1520 exemplar of the Divine Comedy with commentary by Cristoforo Landino, one full-page woodcut illustration, and 98 smaller woodcuts introducing each canto. Also on view are various editions of Dante’s masterpiece in Italian and English, with illustrations by Gustave Doré and John Flaxman, and works connected to or inspired by the Divine Comedy, including a collection of poems by Vittoria Colonna (1548) and a treatise by Lucrezia Marinella (1601).

“The exhibit includes medieval, early modern, and modern illustrations of the Divine Comedy, ranging from 13th-century illuminations to Sandro Botticelli’s and William Blake’s illustrations. Finally, the exhibit displays works that explore the reception of Dante’s masterpiece across cultural contexts, with works from countries including Spain and France. Examples from the African American community are represented, as well.” [. . .] — University of Arkansas News, October 5, 2021

See more information about the exhibit here.

Visions of Dante Exhibit Highlighting Cornell University’s Fiske Dante Collection

October 23, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

“Marking the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death, the exhibition of approximately 100 works in various media explores the visual nature of the Divine Comedy, which has inspired scholars and artists alike, from medieval times through today.

“Visions of Dante not only puts on display a large portion of the Fiske Collection for the first time. It also brings together works lent by notable institutions like the Morgan Library & Museum and 20th century and contemporary artists from William Blake to Salvador Dalí, Robert Rauschenberg, and Kara Walker.

“‘This exhibition reasserts the continued vibrancy of the Divine Comedy as a work of art, a work of literature, and shows the many ways in which visual artists have made their own personal interpretations and translations of that original text,’ says co-curator Andrew C. Weislogel, the Johnson’s Seymour R. Askin, Jr. ’47 Curator of Earlier European and American Art.” [. . .] –Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle, September 29, 2021

The exhibit is held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University and runs from September 14 – December 19, 2021.

See more information and view an online version of the exhibit here.

PrPh Rare Books: Exhibition of Livio Ambrogio’s Dante collection

March 6, 2016 By Professor Arielle Saiber

PRPH Books is pleased to announce that from April 8th, 2016 an exceptional exhibit on Dante Alighieri will be hosted in our gallery on the Upper East Side. The exhibit will show an outstanding selection of fifty books and manuscripts, all coming from the collection of Livio Ambrogio, without any doubt the most important and comprehensive Dante collection today in private hands. The exhibit will remain open until May 13th, 2016, Mon-Fri 10am-6pm. For further information, please contact us at news@prphbooks.com

Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum’s Café G

October 8, 2013 By Gretchen Williams '14

An introductory note on the menu of the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum’s Café G:

“Isabella Stuart Gardner’s love for the medieval extended to literature as well as to art, and she was particularly devoted to the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Gardner was a member of the Dante Society and collected several rare copies of the Divine Comedy, including a manuscript of the poem written within a century of the author’s death. She stored these precious books alongside a death mask of the poet in the ‘Dante Case’ in the museum’s Long Gallery. [. . .] We hope you enjoy this special menu, inspired by Inferno. It features fiery hot peppers in a variety of different forms.” —Café G Menu (click to see full menu)

Contributed by Nancy Vickers

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