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“Abito in poliestere dipinto a mano per i 700 anni dalla morte di Dante”

November 14, 2021 By Sephora Affa, FSU '24

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“Vercelli, Istituto professionale Lombardi: un abito realizzato in occasione dei 700 anni dalla morte di Dante Alighieri un abito. Il modello è stato esposto in occasione della conferenza promossa dagli Amici dei Musei di Vercelli, nella cornice del Piccolo Studio,  nel Chiostro di Sant’Andrea, in cui dottor Claudio Martignon ha trattato il Canto X dell’Inferno, quello in cui il sommo poeta incontra il suo concittadino Farinata degli Uberti. L’abito è stato realizzato per omaggiare il padre della lingua italiana: è statoconfezionato nell’anno scolastico 2020/21, mentre le scuole affrontavano la sfida della didattica a distanza. I laboratori, tuttavia, sono rimasti aperti il più possibile e così la classe 5a Progettazioni tessili sartoriali, guidata dalla professoressa Bestetti con il sempre prezioso aiuto di Angela Dragna, ha lavorato al vestito in poliestere bianco dalla linea leggermente svasata. La gonna presenta delle profonde pieghe baciate sia davanti che dietro. La sua caratteristica principale sta nell’essere interamente dipinto a mano con immagini ispirate alle illustrazioni della Divina Commedia fatte dall’artista inglese John Flaxman che ritraggono Dante e Beatrice. Le maniche dell’abito sono a campana rettangolare, con strisce in tessuto dipinte recanti scritte tratte da alcuni versi della Commedia. Il collo è ispirato alle gorgere ma realizzato in tulle pieghettato. Il bellissimo lavoro ad opera delle studentesse del Lombardi ha potuto essere ammirato anche dai vercellesi.”    —La Sesia, November 8, 2021

Contributed by Lorenzo Coveri 

Categories: Consumer Goods, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Clothing, Fashion, Italy, John Flaxman, Student Projects, Vercelli

Illuminating Dante Exhibit at the University of Arkansas

October 23, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“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.

Categories: Places, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Adaptations, African American, Arkansas, Collections, Divine Comedy, Exhibits, Fayetteville, Gustave Doré, Illumination, Illustrations, Italian, John Flaxman, United States, University

Rauschenberg’s Dante in the Time of Pandemic

November 4, 2020 By Laura Chatellier, FSU '23

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“Dante’s three-part epic poem portrays the journey souls take after death. Essentially a socio-economic commentary on Florentine life, with strong moral undertones and focus on the human condition, its themes can be adapted to any time. Today, in the face of Covid-19, the 700-year-old Commedia resonates strongly. Now is a perfect time to reflect on the work through its visual depictions. Although countless artists have illustrated the work since its medieval publication – Sandro Botticelli, Gustave Doré, and John Flaxman, to name a few – modern artists have shown how its relevance lives on to this day. Perhaps the most progressive modern rendering of Dante’s epic to date is seen through the work of artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008).

“Dante is ambiguous in his writing on the Sodomites, reflecting the reticence surrounding the subject of homosexuality in his day. Rauschenberg mirrors this ambiguity in his illustration with an empty speech bubble beneath a red outline of his own traced foot. The tracing inserts Rauschenberg into the narrative just as Dante the Poet occasionally appears in the text, separate from Dante the Pilgrim, a personal touch that is seldom seen in Commedia illustrations.” [. . .]    —Flora Igoe, The Art Story Blog, 2020

See Rauschenberg’s full Inferno series here.

 

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2020, Art, Artists, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dante, Gustave Doré, Homosexuality, Inferno, John Flaxman, LGBTQ

Illustration by Denis Forkas (2015)

November 2, 2020 By Jasmine George, FSU '24

“Study for Hypocrites (illustration for Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri/Inferno, Canto 23), after Francisco Goya after John Flaxman,” 2015

“We found, down there, a people painted bright.
Their tread, as round they went, was very slow,
weeping, worn down and seemingly defeated.”[. . .]   —
Study for Hypocrites, denisforkas.com, 2015

(trans. R. Kirkpatrick)

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2015, Art, Hypocrites, Illustrations, Inferno, John Flaxman, Poetry

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