This series of watercolor illustrations, painted by Spanish artist Miquel Barceló, exhibited at the Louvre in 2004.
See Torresani-edu for more information.
The New Yorker: Music in Hell
Engraved Wall Murals and Sculpture Garden at Casa Galiano, NJ
“Now on exhibit is an engraved marble wall mural of Dante Alighieri’s INFERNO based on 70 images by nineteenth century French engraver Gustave Doré. Accompanying each scene is a corresponding verse and title in Italian with English translation. The pictorial images and lettering were burnt into the surface of black marble tiles using a laser engraving machine. The mural covers 205 square feet , the main section being 8′-6″ high by 22′-0″ long and consists of marble tiles mounted on sixteen removable wood panels. Located at Casa Galiano (the artist’s residence in East Brunswick, NJ) the mural hangs on the east wall of an art gallery addition. Each image has a specific verse chosen to best describe the scene. The mural is presented in chronological order from left to right so that the viewer can follow Dante’s journey from the dark wood to the frozen Satan. It is the artist’s intention to showcase the imagination, language and poetry of Dante’s INFERNO fused with the dramatic visual detailed artwork of Gustave Doré.” –Dino Galiano
“A sculpture garden features high relief marble carvings depicting scenes from Dante’s Divine Comedy. The centerpiece is a solid marble sculpture entitled, The Commedia Block, which is carved on all four sides showing the divisions of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso as well as portraits of Dante, Virgil and Beatrice.” —Casa Galiano
See Casa Galiano to learn more and see additional photos.
Contributed by Dino Galiano
Paolo Barbieri’s Illustration of the Commedia
“È uno degli illustratori di albi e copertine fantasy più apprezzati in Italia. Il suo volume precedente, ‘Favole degli dei’, omaggia i miti dell’antica Grecia. Ma stavolta il mantovano Paolo Barbieri punta più in alto, ridisegnando addirittura la cantica più celebre della letteratura italiana. ‘L’inferno di Dante’ (122 pagine, edizioni Mondadori) sarà presentato a Napoli giovedì 21 marzo nell’aula magna dell’Accademia di belle arti. Il volume (122 pagine edite da Mondadori ), in parte ispirato alle celebri e immortali illustrazioni ottocentesche di Gustave Doré, descrive gran parte delle ambientazioni e dei personaggi che il Sommo poeta incontra nella sua discesa agli inferi, accompagnato da Virgilio. Da Paolo e Francesca al conte Ugolino, passando per Ulisse e Cerbero, ogni tavola è anche accompagnata dalle terzine a cui è ispirata. La presentazione è curata dalla scuola Comix di via Atri, diretta da Mario Punzo. Come anche il successivo workshop (info e costi 081 459 643) che Paolo Barbieri terrà nei due giorni successivi, venerdì 22 e sabato 23. In programma, la realizzazione di un’illustrazione a tema libero, in bianco e nero o a colori, da sviluppare successivamente in digitale.” –Paolo de Luca, La Repubblica, March 2013
Contributed by Michael Hannaman (Bowdoin, ’13)
Marco Brambilla: “Civilization” and “Creation”
“…The spectacular spectacle of a video loop, Civilization (Megaplex) by Marco Brambilla, playing in the elevators there has been blowing minds and starting conversations with its epically silly and demonic appeal since it was installed in 2009.
An equally wild piece in 3-D, Creation (Megaplex), opened at the Nicole Klagsbrun gallery in Chelsea last week, the third of a trilogy that makes art from film…
Indeed, all the people who entered seemed to enjoy themselves, almost like children in a tree house. They remarked on characters and scenes scrolling past in the animated tapestry, which was inspired by Dante’s Inferno, but which many critics have compared to the work of Hieronymus Bosch. The synthesized soundtrack was pure epic Hollywood kitsch.” –Bob Morris, The New York Times, January 30, 2013
“Guests at the swank new Standard Hotel, on the western edge of Manhattan, are treated to an otherworldly piece of eye candy: ‘Civilization,’ a depiction of heaven, hell, and purgatory created by video artist Marco Brambilla. Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, it’s cobbled together from hundreds of scenes, lifted from movies; the piece runs as one enormous video collage. As the elevator rises, the sequence, running from an overhead projector, ascends to heaven. As the elevator descends, the video runs in reverse, ending in hell.” [. . .] –Cliff Kuang, Fast Company, June 4, 2009
Contributed by Patrick Molloy
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- 75
- …
- 92
- Next Page »
