Dante Alighieri

the sake of the art conveying its meaning unto us. Violence creates a powerful picture and art would not be nearly as compelling without it. Would Saving Private Ryan be as gripping and harrowing without violence? Would the words of Inferno by Dante Alighieri be so well-regarded and loved by so many through history? Would the painting Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi still depict the same tale of feminine heroism and hang in the Museo di Capodimonte in Italy? I argue they would…