"Perché mi schiante?"
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"Lucifer"
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"A Modern Inferno"
By Abby Boglioli
Slideshow
"Through the Commedia Dante name drops many famous people,
myths, and religious figures of his time. He crosses many of their
paths while traveling through the afterlife, and it made me think
of how modern celebrities and political figures would be placed.
So, I’ve created a graphic to show what modern figures I think
would be sent to hell based on Dante’s original circles of hell. It
is important to note that I picked modern celebrities, all of which
are still alive, so look at this as a “pre-death” judgement."
myths, and religious figures of his time. He crosses many of their
paths while traveling through the afterlife, and it made me think
of how modern celebrities and political figures would be placed.
So, I’ve created a graphic to show what modern figures I think
would be sent to hell based on Dante’s original circles of hell. It
is important to note that I picked modern celebrities, all of which
are still alive, so look at this as a “pre-death” judgement."
"Dante and Over the Garden Wall"
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"Dante's Dining Inferno"
By Logan Becker
Menu
"I decided to create a menu of all of the sins and punishments described in Dante’s
Inferno. I came up with this idea because I thought it would be a fun way of remembering each
situation that Dante described. I also thought it would be very effective at learning and reminding
myself what the sin and punishment was in all of Dante’s circles of hell. Each section is titled by
that specific circle. On the left is the sin(s) of that circle, directly to the right (in italics) is the
punishment/ payment given for committing that sin."
Inferno. I came up with this idea because I thought it would be a fun way of remembering each
situation that Dante described. I also thought it would be very effective at learning and reminding
myself what the sin and punishment was in all of Dante’s circles of hell. Each section is titled by
that specific circle. On the left is the sin(s) of that circle, directly to the right (in italics) is the
punishment/ payment given for committing that sin."
"Dante's Inferno Nail Art"
By Cynthia Kar
"I created a set of nails inspired by Canto 5 of Dante’s Inferno. All the nails are “stiletto” shaped, similar to how Hell is shaped like an inverted cone. This nail shape also resembles talons and claws, which are frequently mentioned in Inferno. Each nail features different designs relating to the imagery depicted in the Second Circle of Hell, which punishes those who committed the sin of Lust. Nail art is a medium that is accessible and tangible to many people. Choosing nail art as the medium to recreate this iconic canto could be aligned with the way Dante wrote the Divine Comedy in a more approachable vernacular, Italian. Compared to traditional art forms, nail art is considered more low culture because it has more to do with fashion than art. Choosing nail art to represent such an influential piece of literature might be perceived as a strange and ill-suited choice. Similarly, it was considered bold for Dante to choose to write in Italian instead of the literary tradition of Latin. As nail art is a passion of mine, I wanted to push the boundaries of this medium and find the line between where low culture meets high culture."
"Dante's Inferno Movie Posters"
By Brandon Kearns
Computer Design
"My Dante art project was three separate minimalist movie posters inspired by scenes from
Dante’s Inferno. The first poster was inspired by the gates of hell from canto three, the second
poster was inspired by the bleeding tree branch in canto 13, and the last poster was inspired by
the boiling blood punishment of canto 12. I used the digital art program Inkspace to design the
posters."
Dante’s Inferno. The first poster was inspired by the gates of hell from canto three, the second
poster was inspired by the bleeding tree branch in canto 13, and the last poster was inspired by
the boiling blood punishment of canto 12. I used the digital art program Inkspace to design the
posters."
"Red Circle"
By Erika Mosso
Collage
"This was meant to be a collage depiction of beings that represent some of the circles in Dante's Inferno. Dante’s Inferno has nine circles, and each circle has its own deviations. The circles are Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. My collage also includes artists' own spin on how characters like the Harpies might look. I included Marc Burckhardt's Harpies depiction. I also incorporated characters from films such as Augustus Gloop from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, who represents the circle of gluttony. I added the Lisbon sisters from the film The Virgin Suicides on a tree from Dante’s Wood of Suicides. Representing violence is Caravaggio’s David with the Head of Goliath, and representing lust is Katsushika Hoktusai’s Fukujuso and ironically Agnolo Bronzino’s Descent of Christ into Limbo. At the center is Satan whose torso is frozen at the center of Hell in Dante’s Inferno."
"Hell Inspired Fashion: Infernal Rivers and Rick Owens's 2021 Fashion Week Collection"
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"Throughout reading Dante’s Inferno, I was intrigued by the symbolism behind the Phlegethon, Dante’s river of blood. I also started to see themes of the Inferno appear in unexpected places, namely fashion designer Rick Owen’s 2021 Fashion Week Collection. It is incredible how 700 years later people are still looking back at Dante’s work for fresh inspiration. It was interesting to analyze the ways the physical and metaphorical attributes of the river manifested themselves in a wearable form, and to connect the writing with something I am passionate about."
"Dante's Ulysses"
By Sam Bova
short film
"I looked at Dante's metaphor for sailing as the basis for a character sketch for Ulysses. Many scholars have pointed out that Ulysses in the Commedia seems to mirror Dante's own voyage into the unknown. This metaphor begins with the search for spiritual knowledge and ends with shipwreck and no real answers, almost inevitably. In creating a treatment for Ulysses, and in turn Dante, I've attempted to write a character who, from a much more lighthearted scope, is sympathetic to the idea of sailing beyond one's moral, intellectual, and physical bounds."
"Pasticceria Dantesca"
By Kaylen Choi, Valeria Vilanova Gallucci, and Diana Quesada
menu of sin
"Abandon All Hope"
By Vivian Kellar
Playlist
"Welcome to Hell. This playlist was curated to take the listener on a journey through the underworld, retracing the footsteps of Dante Alighieri and the descent into the nine Circles that the Italian poet made over 700 years ago. In Inferno, his firsthand account of this descent, Dante often relied on sound to relate what was too dark for him to see or what was too fantastic for him to describe. Thus, music is the perfect medium to illustrate the otherwise imperceptible and ineffable landscape of Hell. Inspired by Dante’s use of sound (and not just words) to carve out the landscape, I decided to choose the songs in this playlist as much for their musicality as for their lyrical content. Consequently, upbeat songs whose lyrics may explicitly describe Dante’s own emotions or the sins and punishments he encountered along his journey were overlooked. Instead, I chose songs whose musical tones echo the truly disturbing scenes that Dante witnessed. As the listener journeys deeper and deeper into the underworld, moving from the lesser sins of incontinence to the more egregious sins of the lower Circles, the tones of these songs shift from somewhat eerie to downright scary. The lyrical content of each song also shifts with each Circle or step of Dante’s descent. I’ve chosen not to explain why I felt the lyrics to these particular songs could take the listener on this journey. Instead, I leave them to decide that for themselves. Like many of the connections that can be made between a person’s sin and their punishment in Hell (a relationship known as the contrapasso), some of the song choices may seem obvious. However, like other instances of the contrapasso, some are more ambiguous. I invite the listener to interpret the lyrics of such songs not only as they relate to the sins and punishments of each Circle, but also as they tell the stories of the sinners and of Dante himself. Lastly, many of the less conspicuous choices made in designing this playlist are nods to the innovative style and meticulous structure of Dante’s Inferno. The mix of old media (a vinyl record jacket) and new media (a Spotify URI code) echoes the fusion of Classical and Christian traditions throughout the text. Similarly, the mix of fonts used on the backside of the jacket symbolizes Dante’s decision to blend the Latin and Italian languages in his writing. Additionally, three Florence + the Machine songs were chosen for the first, middle, and last tracks of the playlist. This choice was made in order to mirror the structural symmetry of the three poems in La commedia: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. I invite the listener to search for more structural parallels in the playlist, just as the reader may continue to count syllables or analyze rhyme schemes in La commedia to this day. Together, the musicality, lyrical content, and design of this playlist take the listener on their own journey through Hell as they retrace the footsteps of Dante 700 years after his death. I only hope that the listener – unlike the poet himself – can make it through this journey without fainting."
"Harpies in the Wood of Suicides"
By Xinran Huang
graphic
Inferno Monopoly
By Mary Fitzgerald
Boardgame
"La Divinità dell’Inferno: I Tarrochi"
By Samantha Ryan
Tarot deck
"Welcome to Inferno!"
Stefanie Parisi
Design project
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Urns from Inferno
By Evelyn Dolan
Ceramic
“In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Ah, how hard a thing it is to tell what a wild, and rough, and stubborn wood this was, which in my thought renews the fear!” -Dante Alighieri |