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Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture

Dante’s Inferno Through the Eyes of Monaramis (2015)

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Monaramis’s depictions of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno feature an array of muted colors that stem from an earthy palette. These are layered over the black contour of the scene (which appears to have been drawn by hand). The composition focuses on Cerberus as it imposes over a historical monument, seemingly intent to sniff out the two figures hiding in the foreground. The line-work of this piece is sketchy and heavily gestural, which reinforces the dynamism of the Canto depicted.    — Monaramis Art, “Dante’s Inferno— La Divina Commedia,” Behance, 2015 (Retrieved March 28, 2024).

Deadly heatwave named after Dante’s Inferno claims first victim as locals wilt in 45C

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“A deadly heatwave named after Dante’s Inferno has claimed its first victim with temperatures soaring closer to an uncomfortable 45C.

The brutal heatwave has caused chaos across Europe and a 44-year-old has since died due to the horror heats which are spreading across the Mediterranean.

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The man died in hospital hours after collapsing, with life-threatening heats now warned of as Brits flock to the Mediterranean to lap up the sun, although the brutal Cerberus weather could prove dangerous.

Cerberus, named after the creature which guards the gates of the underworld in Dante’s first third of The Divine Comedy, is also the name of a sweltering heat weather system in the Sahara.”   —Ewan Gleadow, “Deadly heatwave named after Dante’s Inferno claims first victim as locals wilt in 45C,” Daily Star, July 12, 2023 (retrieved November 10, 2023)

The R Inferno

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“Abstract: If you are using R and you think you’re in hell, this is a map for you.

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We arrive at the third Circle, filled with cold, unending rain. Here stands Cerberus barking out of his three throats. Within the Circle were the blasphemous wearing golden, dazzling cloaks that inside were all of lead – weighing them down for all of eternity. This is where Virgil said to me, ‘Remember your science – the more perfect a thing, the more its pain or pleasure.'”    –Patrick Burns, Burns Statistics, April 30, 2011

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