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«Noi leggiavamo. . .»: Visual re-mediations of Canto 5 in the journal Arabeschi

March 25, 2021 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

In honor of Dantedì (March 25) 2021, the journal Arabeschi published a special issue dedicated to the visual re-mediations of the figures of Paolo and Francesca in Inferno 5. With an introduction by Gaetano Lalomia and Giovanna Rizzarelli, and featuring essays and virtual exhibits by Marcello Ciccuto, Laura Pasquini, and others, the special issue covers in depth the rich history of iconographic reception, across various visual media, of the story of Dante’s star-crossed lovers in the 20th and 21st centuries. At right is a screenshot of selected contributions to the issue.

Read the full issue (with image gallery) here.

Read the introduction by Lalomia and Rizzarelli here.

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, 700th anniversary, Canto 5, Comics, Dantedì, Illustrations, Italy, Literary Criticism, Manga, Paintings, Paolo and Francesca

Deirdre Bennett’s Oil Paintings

March 15, 2021 By Jasmine George, FSU '24

Deirdre Bennett is a contemporary mixed-media artist, several of whose works are inspired by Dante’s Inferno. To the left is pictured her oil painting Apathy and Non-Committal, which she describes thus on her site: “In Canto 3, Verse 55 Dante is confronted by the apathetic, cowards and non committals. They are drawn by a white banner, worms at their feet and forever tortured by hornets and wasps. I feel apathy is a terrible plague of our century.”   —Deirdre Bennett Fine Art

See other pieces from Deirdre Bennett—including her City of Dis, Paolo and Francesca, and the Malebranche—on the artist’s site here.

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: Apathy, Art, Canto 3, Dis, Fine Art, Gates of Hell, Hell, Inferno, Neutrals, Painting, Paintings, Social Commentary

“Dante (Quinto Canto),” Painting by Mihail Ivanov

February 19, 2021 By Jasmine George, FSU '24

“This is the fifth song in the Divine Comedy, where Dante Alighieri ventures through the circles of hell, a lonely soul separates itself from the others and presents herself to the author, telling him her sad life story.”   —SAATCHI ART

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: Abstract Art, Abstract Expressionism, Art, Bulgaria, Canto 5, Circles of Hell, Genoa, Italy, Painting, Paintings, Paolo and Francesca

Jacek Lipowczan, “Dante Cycle”

February 18, 2021 By Laura Chatellier, FSU '23

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Dante’s Way to Inferno

“Jacek Lipowczan signs his paintings as ‘JALI’. Jacek Lipowczan born in September 1951 in South Poland, studied on the Academy of  Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated in 1976 obtaining his Master of Art Degree in the Grafic Design in the atelier of Professor M. Wejman. His experience as junior scene designer in the team of Polish film Director Kazimierz Kutz introduced him to the works and projects of Andrzej Majewski. The fairy tale imaginative works of this Artist strongly influenced  Jacek Lipowczan’s future creativity and his artistic imagination.” [. . .]    –Jacek Lipowczan, Jacek Lipowczan Magical Dreams, 2018

The paintings from JaLi’s “Dante Cycle,” like the two images featured here, can be viewed in the virtual gallery on his website (2008 and 2009).

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Passing Through—Dante Cycle

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2008, 2009, Art, Artists, Kraków, Paintings, Poland, Visual Art

Selections from Graba”s 2003 Divina Commedia

November 15, 2020 By Jasmine George, FSU '24

Selection from Divina Commedia – Inferno by Graba’

Selection from Divina Commedia – Purgatorio by Graba’

Selection from Divina Commedia – Paradiso by Graba’

View Graba”s full gallery here.

Categories: Image Mosaic, Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2003, Art, Artists, Belgium, Ghent, Inferno, Paintings, Paradiso, Purgatorio

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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