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Dante and Virgil in hell. William Bouguereau.(1850).
If you find the contents of this page informative or you use the images on this page, Please consider providing a link or making a small donation. This large painting by William Bouguereau depicts a scene from Dantes inferno. It is set on the banks of the river Styx which formed the boundary between earth and the under world. Dante is with Virgil who is his guide through the nine circles of Hell. The circles are concentric, representing a gradual increase in wickedness, and culminating at the centre of the earth, where the devil himself is held in bondage. This painting depicts Dante in the fifth circle. He is standing on the left of the painting with the ghost of Virgil at his side. They are looking upon the sins of wrath and sullenness. The two men being wrathful are ruthlessly attacking each other while the sullen lie gurgling and stewing in the muddy swamp. Behind them in the background a winged demon patiently watches on. Click on the picture to return to paintings.
About Dante's Inferno Inferno (Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Dante Alighieri's fourteenth-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)
The nine circles of Hell
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Looking upon the sins of wrath and sullenness
Winged demon patiently watches.
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