Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
In 1993 metal band, Deteriorot, released their album Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits with Gustave Doré’s The Erinnys as the album art. Dore’s piece was an illustration from Canto 9 of the Inferno.
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Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa
The album Ignite the Sky, by the metal band Crawlspace was released in 1999. The cover art for the album features a Gustave Doré illustration of the Inferno. The illustration, titled The Erinnys, is a depiction of Canto 9.
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Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa
The 1999 album, Symphonies of Infernality, by Thyrane features figures from Gustave Doré’s illustration, Alichino and Calcabrina. This illustration is from Canto 22 of the Inferno.
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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.
