Sandro botticelli, llustration to the divine comedy inferno, 1480s, silverpoint. The book consists of almost a hundred drawings by botticelli, made around 1500 to illustrate dante s divine comedy of 0. Vasari refers botticellis drawings for some of the engravings by baccio baldini that adorned the first edition of the divine comedy published in florence, in 1481. Visions of hell the art of the inferno cvlt nation.
The less serious sins are punished in the upper regions while the more serious sinners are in the lower regions. Other notable paintings of the master include scenes from the life of moses, madonna of the book, and portrait of dante. Antique engraving on laid paper after the 1481 original by master engraver amand durand 18311905. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Artworks inspired by dante s inferno sandro botticelli 1445 1510. The film is part of the project great art cinema and analyses one of the most mysterious works of sandro botticelli, the map of hell in the divine comedy illustrated by botticelli in the vatican library. Sandro botticelli alessandro di mariano di vanni filipepi italian, 14451510. In his representation of dantes inferno botticelli has come up with a highly imaginative invention.
This is a short movie i made for a group project for my english class. This volume adds to my collection of illustrations of dantes work. This book, which accompanies the exhibition, illustrates each of botticellis canto sheets in superb color, faced by a commentary on botticellis pictorial response to. Choose your favorite dantes inferno designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. The book also comes with extensive although not exhaustive nor too lengthy notes on the artwork as well as a running commentary on what is happening at that point in dantes comedy. The drawings by sandro botticelli for dantes divine.
The map was originally part of an illustrated manuscript of dantes divine comedy, featuring artwork by. Alessandro vellutello was a lucchese intellectual active in venice from about 1515. Florence inferno symbols and places mentioned in dan browns novel inferno, and much more about florence. The devils and monsters are rather tame by modern standards but the thousands of individual characters are beautifully drawn and are easily recognizable as botticellis work even to the untrained eye. Sandro botticelli was an italian painter of the florentine school, working during the early renaissance. The book consists of almost a hundred drawings by botticelli, made around 1500 to illustrate dantes divine comedy of 0. This was book was published to coincide with exhibition in london. Little is known about his early life and education, other than he was apprenticed around the age of fourteen, which was a young age for an art apprentice. Botticellis 92 surviving illustrations of dantes divine. Just as described in dantes inferno, only by travelling through hell and purgatory can we reach paradise and emerge to see the stars once more. Botticellis ninetytwo drawings for dantes commedia have been admired for their. Art in tuscany sandro botticelli illustrations for. He was given eight years to complete the artwork, which was then to be released as limitededition prints. Sometime late in his careerafter he had already achieved local renown in florencebotticelli promised his patron lorenzo an illustrated divine comedy on sheepskin with a separate image for each canto, something no artist had yet attempted.
The drawings in the manuscript were not the first to be created by botticelli for the divine comedy. Dantes inferno art is a unique concept art collection. For botticelli, dantes hell was in part his own florence, in part the biblical and catholic worlds, a collision of religions and. The botticelli map of hell has appeared in a novel by dan brown, and in a recent documentary. The devils and monsters are rather tame by modern standards but the thousands of individual characters are beautifully drawn and are easily recognizable as botticelli s work even to the. Botticelli s chart of hell is one of the most powerful visual representations of dantes inferno ever made. Feel free to explore, study and enjoy paintings with. Botticellis drawings of dante poem gathered in rome. To digress for a moment, the interest and passion that got me into all this was the knights templar. See more ideas about dante alighieri, dantes inferno and gabriels inferno. Botticelli inferno trailer oficial uci cinemas youtube. All dantes inferno artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee.
The maestro painted his most famous works for pierfrancesco. The illustrations shown here by gustave dore have an almost magical ability to transform the words of dante and those of dan brown into beautiful images. A spectacular collection of 92 botticelli drawings illustrating dantes the divine comedy, assembled as a cycle for the first time in five centuries, has returned to italy. Though botticelli now enjoys a worldwide reputation as perhaps the most famous early renaissance artist, his paintings were highly esteemed for only about a quarter century during his lifetime. Portrait of dante by sandro botticelli could the great botticelli of his greatest contemporary, the great poet, the creator of the italian literary language and the author of the divine comedy dante alighieri, have been able dante and virgil in hell by adolf bugero adolf william bouguereau, as an artist, belonged to the french academic school.
Illustration for dantes inferno by sandro botticelli 1481. The devils and monsters are rather tame by modern standards but the thousands of individual characters are beautifully drawn and are easily recognizable as botticellis work even to the. Botticelli s work, done with pen and brush on vellum, portrays the descent made by the poets virgil and dante through what the latter called the abysmal valley of pain. Sandro botticelli 14451510 would be the first that comes to mind. Since dante alighieri wrote his masterpiece, the divine comedy, between 2 and 22 many artists have attempted to visually interpret it through drawings and paintings.
Botticelli map of hell explore dantes inferno drawings. The divine comedy illustrated by botticelli is a manuscript of the divine comedy by dante, illustrated by 92 fullpage pictures by sandro botticelli that are considered masterpieces and amongst the best works of the renaissance painter. High quality dantes inferno inspired art prints by independent artists and designers from around the world. This is the kind of high risk adventure you dream of seeing in a dan. All dantes inferno paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee.
Botticelli mappa dellinferno sandro botticelli, was born march 1, 1445 in florence and died there on may 17, 1510. Printed on 100% cotton watercolour textured paper, art prints would be at home in any gallery. Sandro botticelli paintings for sale sandro botticelli. Since botticelli was a learned man, he wrote a commentary on part of dantes poem, and. The images are mostly not taken beyond silverpoint drawings, many worked over in ink, but four pages are fully coloured. Shop for dantes inferno art from the worlds greatest living artists.
Dantes divine comedy illustrated by botticelli scrinium. Many of botticellis drawings for the purgatorio and paradiso survive as well, but like the books themselvesthese are increasingly less. There are several finished works in color here, but the bulk of the book shows botticellis black and white drawings for a complete collection of color illustrations to the great florentines seminal work. Botticelli brought dantes descriptions to life in a total of 102 meticulous drawings.
It seems, however, that botticellis interest in dante went much further than even vasari knew. On the other hand, the most notorious work was done by gustave dore. The characters in the book have an exciting chase in the attic space which is also real. Inferno dan brown painting inspired by the hell of dante, by sandro botticelli dante. Illustration to the divine comedy inferno by sandro botticelli. I also learned of botticellis lesser known painting the abyss of hell based on dantes descriptions in his famous book. Dante and virgil need to crawl up and across satan in order to enter purgatory. His master was fra filippo lippi, who was influenced by masaccios paintings, and. This has captured the imagination of the public, so here we take. See more ideas about dantes inferno, art and dante alighieri. Sandro botticellis drawings for dantes inferno jstor.
Dante s inspiration for his inferno came when the templars were burned at the stake. Botticellis work, besides recalling the ancient masterpiece is particularly poignant for containing a lavishly adorned architectural backdrop. Botticellis map of inferno the topography of dantes inferno is a series of ever smaller concentric circles in a funnel shape. Sandro botticelli 144445 1510 though botticelli now enjoys a worldwide reputation as perhaps the most famous early renaissance artist, his paintings were highly esteemed for only about a quarter century during his lifetime, from the early 1470s through the mid 1490s, and primarily in. It is a documentary about the various levels of hell to fit the sins, as described by 14th century poet dante alighieri. These beautiful works were actually done as part of a restoration long ago. Dantes inspiration for his inferno came when the templars were burned at the stake. The birth of venus and spring florence, uffizi gallery.