The famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin spent most of his life working on the monumental structure The Gates of Hell.

Auguste Rodin’s Kiss is one of the most famous sculptures in art history and a well-known masterwork of the sculptor.

The character is trapped in a self-imposed inferno of lust ... a modern interpretation of the journey depicted in Dante's “Divine Comedy,” inviting listeners to reflect on their own ...

The poet Dante Aligheri’s “Commedia” — it picked up “Divine” somewhere along the way — may seem an unlikely contender for relevance. Written 800 years ago, it can feel watermarked by the Middle Ages.

This applies nicely to Dante’s “Divine Comedy.” Its garden is the poem ... of tradition in its three-part journey through hell (“Inferno”), purgatory (“Purgatorio”) and heaven ...

An Italian narrative poem, “The Divine Comedy” is widely considered ... In the poem, the pilgrim Dante is accompanied by three guides: Virgil, who represents human reason, and who guides him for all ...

I have no idea whether Ric Burns has read the pope’s letter, but his splendid two-part PBS documentary, “Dante: Inferno to Paradise ... enter the realm of the divine, symbolized by the ...

Burns began his latest project, "Dante: Inferno to Paradise," more than ... and the epic masterpiece he left behind, "The Divine Comedy," one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western ...

Discover Dante's motivation for writing, the power of The Divine Comedy, and the meaning of the character who travels through Inferno to Purgatory to Paradise. Dante: Inferno to Paradise is ...

and his decision to begin The Divine Comedy in 1306. Dante: Inferno to Paradise is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android ...

“Dante: Inferno to Paradise” appeals to lovers ... he entered the road of exile and never returned. He composed “The Divine Comedy”—beginning in a dark wood and ending with a vision ...