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Illustrating The Divine Comedy was a project that Gustave Doré was extremely ... other than Virgil himself guides Dante through Inferno and Purgatorio in order to safely deliver him to Paradiso. Many ...
Often considered a daunting read, the Divine Comedy can also, and more approachably, be studied through its illustrations. Dante’s visions ... Sandro Botticelli, Gustave Doré and William ...
Two of GUSTAVE DORE's oil painting "Dante and Virgil crossing the frozen regions of Hell" and "Jeptha's Daughter," are now on exhibition at the Somerville Art Gallery, corner of Fourteenth-street ...
"Dante is, above all, the poet of order — and a kind of universal order. Together with the horrific illustrations of ... An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto III of Dante's Inferno ...