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Salvador Dalí | The Divine Comedy 23 June - 25 July 2021 Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy is jealously held as a treasure of Italian literature, so Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí was a controversial choice when he was commissioned to illustrate the epic poem by the Italian Government in 1950.


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The Divine Comedy (Italian: La Divina Commedia) is an epic literary work by Dante Alighieri, completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. Written in first person, it describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Heaven (Paradiso) in 100 verses, so called cantos.


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Salvador Dali - The Divine Comedy Chali-Rosso Art Gallery 18 subscribers Subscribe 2 Share 245 views 1 year ago Salvador Dali created a magnificent suite consisting of 100 wood engravings.


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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Salvador Dalí - Dali exhibitions Dalí Theatre-Museum - Figueres The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Salvador Dalí 8th October 2021 - 30th September 2022 The Exhibition Original Drawings Documentation The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Salvador Dalí


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The Divine Comedy suite consists of 100 color wood engravings created between 1960 and 1964 after 100 watercolors painted by Salvador Dali between 1951 and 1960. More than 3,000 blocks were necessary to complete the engraving process.


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Salvador Dali Divine Comedy - 1963 Salvador Dali - Spain (1904 - 1989) The Salvador Dali Divine Comedy is a poem by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), illustrating the journey from Inferno to Purgatory to Paradise.


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Salvador Dalí was an unusual choice to illustrate Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy." Dante's epic poem is considered one of Italy's national treasures, a work embraced by both Italian cultural institutions and the Roman Catholic Church.


The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali. Paradise. Book Graphics

In 1950, famed Surrealist Salvador Dalí began work on an ambitious project—he was going to illustrate Dante's 14 th-century epic poem about the afterlife, "The Divine Comedy.". What he didn't know at the time was that the "Divine Comedy" would occupy the next 14 years of his life. Previously, we recounted the history of how the project first started, beginning with a commission.


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Homage to Dante: Salvador Dalí's Illustrations for the Divine Comedy. September 22, 2022 - January 15, 2023. Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Gallery. Throughout his prolific career, Salvador Dalí was the illustrator of more than 100 books. Among the most celebrated of his book illustrations is his portfolio for Dante Alighieri's The Divine.


Book Graphics The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali. Inferno.

DalÍ Meets Dante (1951-1963) To understand Dalí's project to illustrate the Divine Comedy, one must place it in the context of his return to classical tradition and catholicism. Since his exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1941, the extravagant Spaniard was moving away from Surrealism and towards a very idiosyncratic.


The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali. Paradise. Book Graphics

At the height of his fame in 1957, more than a century after William Blake had done the same, Salvador Dalí began working on a series of 100 paintings based on Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, commissioned by the Italian government.


The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali. Paradise. Book Graphics

L'acqua ch'io prendo già mai non si corse. This exhibition The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Salvador Dalí is presented exceptionally with a selection of little-known, though thematically related, drawings on the 700th anniversary of the death of the illustrious Florentine poet and philosopher.. Dante was expelled from Florence in 1302.


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The Divine Comedy 361 available In the early 1950s, in celebration of the 700th birthday of the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri, the Italian government commissioned the Surrealist master Salvador Dalí to create 100 illustrations for a commemorative edition of The Divine Comedy.


The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali. Inferno. Book Graphics

In 1950, to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth, the Italian government commissioned Salvador Dalí to illustrate one of the most important works.


The Divine Comedy by Salvador Dali. Inferno. Book Graphics

Divina Dalí is a multi-sensory adventure into Dante's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, through the surrealist vision of Salvador Dalí. Featuring 110 rare masterpieces from the private collection of Dali's archivist, visitors will embark on a captivating journey into the depths and heights of human adventure.

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