After Dore, Virgil reproves Dante's Curiosity.
After Dore The Thieves tortured by Serpents.
I loved Dante's Inferno when I was a kid. Who didn't, right?!
At my request, Terry sent me these pictures of this Ukrainian Easter egg I made based on the Dore's illustrations of the Inferno when I was 11 or 12. I love the way Terry's pictures make my egg look like a Grecian urn. Not to toot my own egg-making horn too much, but I was also very proud of a leviathan egg I made a couple of years ago at Amy's house. She kept the egg, though, and I don't have a picture.
Anyway, given my interest in the Inferno, I was particularly interested to read about Sandow Birk's film interpretation of the Dante's Inferno. I was following a BoingBoing link about Birk's fantasy paintings of the Iraq War. I was also intrigued by the beautiful paintings of prisons -- maybe he'll do Superfunds next? And Susan S. may appreciate (as do I) his interpretation of the raft of the Medusa. (Incidentally, I think that painting is the only one I really remember seeing while visiting the Louvre. I'd never seen it before, and very rarely remember what I see at Great Museums, but this one, I remember. It's BIG!)
Disaster art is pretty interesting, I have to admit, but is not to be confused with Art Disasters. And actually, I can't think of other works of art commemorating disasters, but I know there must be a million of them -- including lots of shipwrecks. Maybe my readers can think of some.
I started wondering about the presence of the Divine Comedy on the internet, and found this site from U. Texas, which has some nice features, including audio.
(I note that U. Texas is also known as the site for the other Mary Wheeler whom I recently have topped in google rankings to become the number one Mary Wheeler! Take that, Mary Fannett. Given that her website was last updated in August of 1999, the accomplishment may not seem that impressive, but given that she seems to have actually done something with her life, maybe it is. *Update*: She's now back to #1. I'm thinking maybe it's because I linked to her, so I removed my link.)
I'm not sure who ever really reads the rest of the Divine Comedy (Paradiso? snore! And double snore for Purgatory) but it's available -- be sure to check out the Finnish version!
I like this Gilligan theory of the Seven Deadly Sins which concludes: "Gilligan is SATAN."
I think I'd probably enjoy playing the Dante's Inferno Game, although it does look fairly complicated.
Here are the results of my Dante's Inferno Test (I'm not sure how I got such a high score for "violent" but otherwise the results seem spot on):
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | High |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Moderate |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Very Low |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | Moderate |
| Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics) | Very High |
| Level 7 (Violent) | High |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | Moderate |
| Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous) | Low |
Take the Dante's Inferno Hell Test.
I'm not sure who ever really reads the rest of the Divine Comedy....
That would be me, actually - Purgatorio twice, and Paradiso once. Good stuff.