“‘It’s an inferno in here,’ yelled a middle-aged woman as she plunged into a foul-smelling hot spring in central Italy. She wasn’t the first to compare these scorching sulfur baths to Hell. In Canto XIV of Inferno, Dante wanders past a pool oozing with boiling red water and is reminded of these thermal spas about an hour north of Rome ‘whose waters are shared with prostitutes.’ . . .
That may explain why spas like Bulicame seem to hold more appeal for the locals. In addition to being free, its commercial-free atmosphere and ancient Roman ruins infuse the bath with history. Besides, Dante’s journey through Inferno and Bulicame eventually led him to Paradiso.” […] –David Farley, The New York Times, August 26, 2007
“The Fall of the Damned” Lampshade by Luc Merx
“Dutch architect Luc Merx’s lampshade is an algorithmic mass of writhing nudes that recalls the classical motif of the fall of the damned. He imagines the lamp hanging above a dining table, the shock of the frozen, terrified bodies disturbing diners with age-old questions of guilt and morality, issues usually kept behind closed doors.” [. . .] –Costas Voyatzis, kostasvoyatzis, April 19, 2007
Dante Olive Oil
Found at Nemo Collecting (1940s)
Contributed by Laura Chiesa
Dante Olive Oil featured in the Los Angeles Times on September 3, 2014:
“An employee checks a bottle of Dante olive oil as it travels along the production line at a factory in Montesarchio, Italy. New standards proposed in California would apply only to the largest California olive growers and millers. (Alessia Pierdomenico / Bloomberg)” —LA Times
“Dante Beatrix”
Dante Cigar Label (Circa 1900)
“Numerous articles have stated that this label originally cost about $6,000 to produce (in turn of the Century dollars) and that it would have required some 22 separate limestones to register and complete the label – but no one that I am aware of has been able to prove that there are 22 colors.
Nevertheless this version of ‘Dante’ is an exquisite piece of art and considered a cross-over label – that is why there are so few available today. Many non-cigar label collectors acquired this label when it was first found – such as interior decorators, antique dealers and framers. According to Mark Trout, who located the label in 1977 at the Lewis Walters Cigar Box Company in New York, there were 1,200 found. . . The price Mark originally sold the label for: $7.00 – currently it is going for $500.00 to $800.00.” […] —Cigar Label Junkie
Contributed by Richard Abrams
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