Works by Dante Alighieri

In the Divine Comedy, Dante explored the afterlife and the faith of mankind. The statue is nude to symbolize truth and honesty. Another explanation for the The Thinker is the statue actually represents anyone who is a creator in deep thoughts. Classical art emerged after the…

Hayden Vosseller Mrs. Mitchell World History Period 4 December 7, 2014 Florence In the Renaissance Source #1 History Alive pg. 324 leading cultural center birthplace of poet Dante Alighieri Michelangelo grew up there Leonardo da Vinci grew up there another Florentine, Donatello, made his mark special because of location Italy was divided into city-states Florence was one of these right on the Arno River, which made a center of trade and commerce the hub of woolen-cloth trading for Europe…

his art, creating lifelike, realistic depictions. He was able to express more emotions through his paintings because in earlier paintings they were flat and rigid. He also did not abandon religious themes in his paintings. For writing there was Dante Alighieri. He was known for his Diving Comedy. In his writing he infused religious thoughts and classical literature while…

1900’s. They project their personal thoughts and fears into their work and construct poems that defy definition. Their technique is alike and both are key figures in the history of poetry, yet they focus on very contrasting themes and motifs. When attempting to understand the meaning of a poets work many aspects of the poets lives is analysed to gain a greater understanding. How significant is a poets race when understanding their work? T.S Eliot was a modernist poet. “The Lovesong of J Alfred…

would have a spot in heaven if they lived a righteous life which many times included, giving money, punishing themselves for their sins (penance), and fighting in wars in the name of God. As we have learned throughout the quarter both literary works and art works can be interpreted to be more than what meets the eye, they symbolize a lifestyle, they portray core values of European people during this time, and they lead us to understand the tactics the…

Rossetti,” it states that “Rossetti was educated at home by her mother and her mother made her study religious works, classics, fairytales, and novels.” As Rossetti began to study those religious works, classics, fairytales, and novels, something sparked Rossetti’s writing abilities. In the “Biography of Christina Rossetti” article, it states “The influence of the work of Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, and other Italian writers had a deep impact on Rossetti’s later writing.” Rossetti had an eye…

falls ill and dies. As the story progresses, Monna’s son takes a turn for the worst, and succumbs to the plague (Boccaccio 928-933). This story is a model of the Bubonic Plague due to the fact that Monna is experiencing a feeling of loss. Through this work, Giovanni expressed how he truly felt during the time of the Bubonic Plague through her…

This defiance of Martin Luther paved the way for dividing the church from the concept of catholic to the development of individualism. This individual relationship of salvation through grace rather the works revealed the “genetic difference between hero and saint, that is fatal to experiment of conversion” (Ambrosio lecture 17). The further one travels down the road of individualism of the saint, the closer one gets to the edge of the hero’s perspective…

University Press 2). But on July 8, 1861, Frances set herself aflame while trying to do her childrens hair up in locks (Belanger 2). After her death Longfellow fell into desolation and in need of spiritual relief, began to translate Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri from Italian to English. He…

is contained at its bottom, at the center of the Earth. He illustrates 9 rings on the Mount Purgatory, and the Garden of Eden is at its top. Then, Dante finds the 9 ‘cieli’, the celestial spheres of Paradise crowned with the highest part of heaven called the Empyrean, and God, the radiating point of Light. In each of the circles, rings and spheres, Dante and his guides meet different characters, because each of these places is concerning a different sin or virtue. (15)…