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Cover of “The New Yorker,” April 21, 1997

May 31, 2009 By

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Seen in the Edward Sorel illustration are three tiers of political sinners: “Politicians Who Promised to Cut Taxes,” “Politicians Who Promised to Balance the Budget,” and finally (and most egregiously) “Politicians Who Promised to Cut Taxes and  Balance the Budget” (detail shown below).

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Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 1997, Humor, Illustrations, Journalism, Politics

John Agard and Satoshi Kitamura, “The Young Inferno” (2008)

February 25, 2009 By Professor Arielle Saiber

john-agard-and-satoshi-kitamura-the-young-inferno-2008“A funky and powerful book. Agard takes Dante’s famous poem about a visit to Hell and reworks it to appeal to today’s youngsters, mingling 21st Century street cred with ancient mythology. Kitamura’s stylized black and white illustrations draw the reader effortlessly in.” [. . .]    —Amazon

Contributed by Virginia Jewiss (Humanities Program, Yale University)

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2008, Children, Fiction, Humor, Illustrated Books, Illustrations, Inferno, Poetry

Virginia Jewiss, “Il Viaggio di Dante: Un’avventura Infernale” (2008)

February 9, 2009 By Professor Arielle Saiber

il-viaggio-di-dante-un-avventura-infernale-2008A children’s book.
Text: Virginia Jewiss
Illustrations: Aline Cantono di Ceva
Idea: Christiana Castenetto
Italian version found on IBS.

An English version is also available: “Dante’s Journey: An Infernal Adventure.”

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2008, Children, Fiction, Illustrated Books, Illustrations, Inferno, Italy, Journeys

Sandow Birk’s Illustrations of the “Divine Comedy”

January 24, 2007 By Professor Arielle Saiber

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“A five year project which involved adapting the text of the entire “Divine Comedy” into contemporary slang and setting the action in contemporary urban America. The project resulted in three, limited edition books, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Each book contained more than 60 original lithographs and was published by Trillium Press in San Francisco.”    —Sandow Birk

See also: Sandow Birk’s film “Dante’s Inferno” (2007)

Categories: Image Mosaic, Performing Arts, Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2006, 2007, Films, Humor, Illustrated Books, Illustrations, Inferno, Lithographs, Paradiso, Prints, Purgatorio, Translations

Sarah Symmons, “John Flaxman and Francisco Goya: Infernos Transcribed”

November 14, 2006 By Professor Arielle Saiber

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Read the full article from Burlington Magazine (1971) at JStor.

Contributed by Susan Wegner

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 1971, Etchings, Illustrations, Inferno, Journalism, Paintings

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