Inferno (Dante)
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Inferno is the first part of the Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem the Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalis
Canto I from the Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Gustave Doré's engravings illustrated the Divine Comedy (1861–1868). Here, Dante is lost at the start of Canto I of the Inferno.
Gustave Doré's illustration of Canto III: Arrival of Charon
The Harrowing of Hell, in a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, the Petites Heures de Jean de Berry
Purgatorio
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Purgatorio is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso; it was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegorical telling of the climb of Dante u
Inferno (Dante)
…Italian: ; Italian for 'Hell') is the first part of the Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem the Divine Comedy, followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In…
A page of the Purgatorio at the Laurentian Library
Le Dante, conduit par Virgile, offre des consolations aux âmes des Envieux by Hippolyte Flandrin
Purgatorio, Canto II: Christian souls arrive singing, escorted by an angel
Pia de' Tolomei (La Pia) in a painting by Stefano Ussi, Canto V.