Critics have long wrestled with the question of how artists and writers influence each other. For Luke Johnson, an encounter with a painting took him in a wholly unexpected direction.
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An expert in Dante and Schiaparelli explains how the fashion house’s new show transforms celebrities into the ‘new beasts’ of the Inferno.
For many readers of Dante, there is in fact no connection between his writing and rightwing thinking.
One citation at a time, a professor and her students are crafting a more complete picture of Dante’s women.
All muscles and sensuous flesh, its hyper and toxic masculinity puts this Rodin scholar off the artist’s most famous artwork.
The history of Italian literature cannot be understood without the vernacular poets. But their works were largely unknown until Lorenzo ‘the Magnificent’ sent a gift to the Prince of Naples.
Visual depiction of Prophet Muhammad is a sensitive issue for many Muslims. Islamic literature shows how Muslims used textual imagery to give a vivid picture of the prophet.
Western civilisation and Islam are sometimes seen as diametrically opposed. Yet Islamic cultures have contributed much to the West, in language, philosophy and literature.
Hell-themed Halloween attractions play on people’s fears. The early depictions of hell were meant to use fear as a moral guide to help others.
Divine inspiration was at the centre of music for thousands of years – until post-war conservatoires got other ideas.
The gates to hell in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy tell us to “abandon all hope, yet who enter here”. Despite its unfunny premise, ‘La Commedia’ ends well, with its protagonist Dante reaching heaven.
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Associate Professor in Writing Studies, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Theology, Imagination and the Arts, University of St Andrews
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Associate Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton
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Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Italian Studies and English, Wellesley College
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Research Fellow in Italian Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Director, Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University