VATICAN CITY (RNS) — According to the sculptor, limiting the poem’s scope to the Inferno has led to a secularization of Dante’s work. Schmalz’s sculpture will be the first to represent all ...

Newly dedicated sculpture of Dante Alighieri was $130,000 project. ... “The Divine Comedy,” established the dialect of Tuscany as the dominant mode of communication across the Italian boot, ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In preparation for the 700 anniversary of the death of medieval poet Dante Alighieri, a Canadian artist is creating a sculptural tribute to his “Divine Comedy” that ...

A project years in the making, Armusik is currently painting Italian Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri’s 'Divine Comedy' in 40 panels, each 4 foot by 5 foot. (photo: Eric Armusik / Eric Armusik Art ) ...

A piece of possible fan art offering a behind-the-scenes peek of a major Renaissance masterpiece in the making has been found in the margins of a 15th-century edition of Dante’s Divine Comedy ...

The Divine Comedy begins with the poet in a dark wood, apart from the world and himself. By the work’s end, he is in a new place. His gaze, on second glance, appears wistful, even hopeful.

Surely the plum spot in an art exhibition built around Dante Alighieri’s cosmology is the Gateway to Hell. “Paradiso” and “Purgatorio” have their virtues, but it’s Dante’s “Inferno ...

The Uffizi Will Show Rarely Seen Sketches From Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ to Commemorate the 700th Anniversary of the Poet’s Death. ... The Art Market Has Lost Its Grip on Pricing.