Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
“The City of Sin is embodied in Dante’s Hotel and Casino, which reaches out to a more adult audience with its gothic theme. Its opening is planned for the end of the year.” —Rainbow Six Vegas, Ubisoft Montreal, July 3, 2010 (retrieved February 21, 2024)
“Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic is a 2010 adult animated dark fantasy film. Based on the Dante’s Inferno video game that is itself loosely based on Dante’s Inferno, Dante must travel through the circles of Hell and battle demons, creatures, monsters, and even Lucifer himself to save his beloved Beatrice. The film was released on February 9, 2010.” —Brandon Auman, “Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic,” Wikipedia, (retrieved January 24, 2024)
The metal band Hell used Gustave Doré illustration for their cover art for a trio of albums. Hell II was released in 2010 and used The Lustful.
You can find their other albums on the site here: Hell I and Hell III
Find Hell II here.
Find The Lustful by Gustave Doré here.
Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa
Australian metal band, the Oizys, released their album Hymns to the Furies, in 2010. The album art is an illustration by artist Gustave Doré. The illustration is titled The Erinnys, and is from Canto 9 of the Inferno.
Find Hymns to the Furies here.
Find The Erinnys by Gustave Doré here.
Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa
“The debut album from Norway’s rulers of evil thrashing oldschool madness is finally re-released on all formats! Featuring members of Obliteration and Audiopain, Divinity Of Death is the perfect blend of classic Slayer, Possessed, Dark Angel, Sepultura etc. combined with Nekromantheon’s own amazing songwriting and instrumental skills. One of the strongest Norwegian debuts, recorded and produced by the band themselves in their own Kick Arse Studio for that old, necro feel!” — Duplicate Records
The album art of their album features Gustave Doré’s, Styx-Philippo Argenti.
Find the album here.
Find the illustration here.
Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa.
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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.
