A 21st-Century Illuminated Manuscript and the Artistic Tradition of Dante’s Inferno
A 21st-Century Illuminated Manuscript and the Artistic Tradition of Dante’s Inferno George Cochrane (2018) The Gates of Hell (Inferno III) Limbo (Inferno IV) Minos Judges Sinners (Inferno IV) Dante and Virgil Traverse the River Styx and the Wrathful (Inferno VIII) The Tomb of Pope Anastasius II in the Sixth Circle of Hell (Inferno XI) Centaurs […]
Paradiso
Selected illustrations from Birk’s Comedy — Paradiso (All images can be located in the Chronicle Books editions.) Paradiso 5: In the Heaven of Mercury (Sandow Birk: Par. 5.121-123) and (Gustave Doré: Par. 5.103-104) The Paradiso illustrations for which Birk had no precursor in Doré’s engravings largely emphasize the doubts, thoughts, and meditations of the pilgrim […]
Purgatorio
Selected illustrations from Birk’s Comedy — Purgatorio (All images can be located in the Chronicle Books editions.) Purgatorio 5: Pia (Sandow Birk: Purg. 5.132-134) and (Gustave Doré: Purg. 5.133) If Purgatory is the realm of Dante’s afterlife which most represents our life on earth then, for an American reader of the 21st century, this means […]
Inferno
Selected illustrations from Birk’s Comedy — Inferno (All images can be located in the Chronicle Books editions.) Inferno 5: Paolo and Francesca (Sandow Birk: Inf. 5.58-59) and (Gustave Doré: Inf. 5.32-33) Birk’s portrayal of Paolo and Francesca in Inferno 5 displays many of the original and thought-provoking aspects of the artist’s illustration of The Divine […]
Birk Illustrations
Sandow Birk Illustration Captions & Commentary Kristina Olson (2017) In the early 2000s, Sandow Birk began his project of illustrating the Divine Comedy, translating the 14th-century Italian setting into a 21st-century American urban vernacular. We are thrilled to be collaborating with Mr. Birk by displaying his work in the context of a reception history of illustrations […]
Return to top