Just as the landscape of Dante’s Purgatory is different from that of Hell, the second book of Dante’s Divine Comedy…
Sandro Botticelli was a renaissance painter in Florence best known today for his works "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera"…
The nine Circles of Hell, punishing progressively more serious sins, gives the sinners what they ultimately desire, but not the…
Although the first part of the Divine Comedy, Inferno, begins at canto one, the journey to Hell itself starts in…
A devil carrying a soul of the damned in his claws runs toward Dante and his guide Virgil. They watch…
Dante's Paradise consists of different ascending spheres by holiness, ultimately ending in a vision of God. The geography of Dante's…
Dante's Divine Comedy is a journey through the afterlife of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, written by one of the greatest…
In addition to his paintings, Botticelli also produced a wealth of beautiful detailed drawings of Inferno. Here are a few.…
Dante and Virgil's encounter with the Grafters begins in the Seventh Circle of Hell, The Violent, where they are transported…