Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Graphic artist and owner of the blog Tell Me About It draws inspiration from the famous last line of Paradiso, and therefore The Divine Comedy—Michelle Marie (username MICHELLEMARIE), “And the Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars…,” Tell Me About It, January 17, 2015 (Retrieved February 29, 2024)
“Dante’s Divine Comedy’s fourth full translation to Hungarian was created by Adam Nadasdy, as a result of eight years of research a modern and clear translation was created just as Dante’s original work in his own time. I was asked to create infographics to the book. My goal was to create clean, minimalistic and accurate illustrations so that the readers will be able to understand the different locations and Dante’s path – Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.” —Janos Baksa, Adobe Behance, June 2, 2016 (retrieved on February 29, 2024)
Further illustrations of each circle, terrace, and heaven can be found here
“In 1824, Blake’s friend the artist John Linnell, commissioned him to make a series of illustrations based on Dante’s Divine Comedy. Blake was then in his late sixties. A contemporary account informs us that he designed 100 watercolours of this subject ‘during a fortnight’s illness in bed.’
“Here you’ll find seven illustrations from Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Each picture is accompanied by an explanation and an original audio recording from the 1812 translation of Dante that Blake himself used when making his designs. So this is your chance to learn not just about Blake, but also about the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321).” — “William Blake’s illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy,” Tate
“The Typographic Dante is a series of typographic illustrations created by Tullett as a response to the unfolding narrative of Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy.
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“With each Canto being illustrated typographically, and each book of the Divine Comedy having a different typographic style this project by Barrie Tullett, Programme Leader for Graphic Design at the University of Lincoln, eventually illustrates each of the 100 Cantos of Dante’s Divine Comedy using a different ‘obsolete’ technology.
“The 34 Cantos of The Inferno are realised using the wood and metal type of letterpress printing, the 33 Cantos of Purgatory are created on the typewriter, and the 33 Cantos of Paradise will be visualised with Letraset.” — “The Typographic Dante: to hell and back with Barrie Tullett’s stunning visual project,” Typeroom, March 26, 2020.
“Now Dante’s epic poem is a ballet, and it’s going to be performed in Kansas City. The Harriman-Jewell Series presents the Italian dance company No Gravity performing Divine Comedy Jan. 31 at the Folly Theater.
“From the sulfurous depths of the Inferno to Paradiso, where Dante has a mystical vision of “the Love that moves the sun and the other stars,” “Divine Comedy” is undoubtedly one of the central works of Western civilization. But to tell its cosmic story theatrically is a challenge. Pellisari, however, has created a stage work that brings Dante’s medieval phantasmagoria to life.” — “To Hell and Back: Dazzling dance company does Dante,” KC Studio, January 10, 2024.
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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.
