Inferno: Media
work by Dante
Videos
Learn about the importance of Dante's Inferno to Irish writers...
Video: University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Images
Dante and Virgile (also known as Dante and Virgil in Hell), oil...
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Dante lost in a dark wood before entering Hell, illustration by Gustave Doré; from...
From Dante's Inferno, from the original of Dante Alighieri, translated by Rev. Henry Francis Carey, 1886
The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca, watercolor illustration...
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Dante (standing right), guided by Virgil, watches those guilty of simony suffer burning...
From Dante's Inferno, from the original of Dante Alighieri, translated by Rev. Henry Francis Carey, 1886
Dante (left) and Virgil in Hell, illustration by Gustave Doré; from Dante's Inferno,...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1905, transferred from the Library (21.36.133), www.metmuseum.org
Beatrice appearing to Virgil, illustration by Gustave Doré; from Dante's...
From Dante's Inferno, from the original of Dante Alighieri, translated by Rev. Henry Francis Carey, 1886
Charon the ferryman rowing to collect Dante and Virgil to carry them across the Styx,...
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Virgil (standing left) shows Dante the souls of the wrathful in the Styx, illustration...
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Dante (standing right) and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth...
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Thieves being tormented by serpents in the eighth circle of Hell, illustration by...
Courtesy of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Front view of The Kiss, marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin, carved 1888–98;...
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The Gates of Hell, bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin, created between 1880...
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Audio
Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Brief excerpt from Lauretta's aria “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi...
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