Illustrator Marco Brancato’s Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso silk stoles for the luxury Italian fashion company, Orequo.
Contributed by Angela Lavecchia
Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Illustrator Marco Brancato’s Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso silk stoles for the luxury Italian fashion company, Orequo.
Contributed by Angela Lavecchia
“‘Tutti pazzi per Dante’ è il titolo della puntata odierna della Lingua Batte alla luce delle innumerevoli iniziative e pubblicazioni previste per il settimo centenario della morte del poeta #Dante2021. Con l’occasione si inaugura una nuova rubrica, Dante tascabile, in cui il linguista Giuseppe Patota per 12 settimane terrà delle mini lecturae dantis che di concludono tutte con una canzone pop, a conferma delle infinite declinazioni di popolarità attribuibili allo scrittore fiorentino. Tra gli altri ospiti del conduttore Paolo Di Paolo lo studioso Enrico Malato, curatore della Divina Commedia pubblicata dall’editrice Salerno, e Laura Banella che, per le Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, l’anno scorso ha firmato il saggio Rime e libri delle rime di Dante tra Medioevo e Rinascimento. Nello spazio musicale la cantautrice Flo presenta il suo ultimo album ’31salvitutti’. Infine, Cristina Faloci intervista l’italianista Giulio Ferroni a proposito del volume L’Italia di Dante. Viaggio nel paese della Commedia uscito per La Nave di Teseo nel 2019.” –Description from RAI Radio 3
Click here to access the podcast episode, which aired on RAI Radio 3 on January 17, 2021.
Contributed by Carmelo Giunta
A group exhibition organized in Ravenna with the support of the Italian Consulate of Houston (TX) and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Los Angeles (CA) showcasing over 40 contemporary artists’ depictions of Dante. The exhibition is titled “Drawing Dante: Uno, nessuno e centomila volti: Retrospective group exhibition” by Dante Plus. A virtual tour can be seen on youtube here. There is also an instagram feed of the portraits.
Contributed by Kate McKee (Bowdoin ’22)
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.
“Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, Shastry takes readers on a journey through modern Asia’s eight circles of hell where we encounter urban cowboys and cowgirls fleeing rural areas to live in increasingly uninhabitable cities, disadvantaged teenage girls unable to meet their aspirations due to social strictures, internal mutiny, messy geopolitics from the rise of China, and a political and business class whose interests are in conflict with a majority of the population. Shastry challenges conventional thinking about Asia’s place in the world and the book is essential reading for those with an interest in the continent’s future.” –From the book description, Amazon
All submissions will be considered for posting. Bibliographic references and scholarly essays are also welcome for consideration.
Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.