I'll be restacking this as a beautiful example of the many people here on Substack pouring out their knowledge and love of a subject and sharing that with all of us here. Thanks for your generosity George! 👏
George, great job. It makes perfect sense to organize Art Every Day by painter, but I think it is good to take a break once in a while, like today, and organize by topic. "Dante" was a great idea. Keep up the good work!
Very nice. The Barque of Dante is especially impressive. I can see why completing it would take a month of recuperation. As for Henry Holiday, he must have been a romantic since his focus was on Beatrice and La Vita Nuova as opposed to the more famous Divine Comedy.
The Barque of Dante and Dante and Beatrice are my favorite of the lot.
Wow! That is quite a backstory to that painting. Besides the DelaCroix and Dore's masterpiece, I think that Holiday's painting of Dane with La Vita Nuova is my other favorite of them.
Fascinating read! Thanks so much 🙏🏻 The Divine Comedy has been on the reading list since I visited Florence in 2016. Maybe I should finally take the plunge…
Thank you so much for this wonderful resource! I am getting ready to teach _Inferno_, and these vibrant & well-chosen paintings allow for a helpful visualization of this challenging material.
This is a timely and wonderful article to pop into view as I'm currently reading TDC. That Delacroix is truly insane, as well - up close those figures are pretty visceral.
I’m always happy to know of a bit of synchronicity with these posts. And totally agree about the Delacroix . . . it’s one of his best in my opinion (though admittedly, there are a lot to choose from!)
A wonderful assortment! I love William Blake, and the Henry Holiday scene is remarkably relatable for depicting a scene from the 1300s. I have a friend who would be doing the same thing the woman in red is doing in such a situation lol
George thanks so very much for this opportunity to see this collection on Dante, one of the most important pieces of literature in history, and my personal favourite. My favourite, although I love every one of the pieces you have chosen today, is Eugene Delacroix - The Barque of Dante. It is a masterwork, the raw emotion and energy that he took from himself, to give to the painting, an act of true sacrifice for his art. I liked the way Henry Holiday represented the three woman as, in my opinion, Beatrice in white for paradise, hell in red with her seductive posture and purgatory in blue left behind the other two, as in purgatory you are waiting to join one of the other ‘women’. The pencil and watercolour portrait is fantastic with his eyes cast down in rumination, I could go on but suffice it to say that I love today’s post ‼️🥰
Thanks a lot Lauren. I’m really glad you enjoyed today’s article - and I like your observation about the Dante and Beatrice painting too. That’s a brilliant interpretation.
I'll be restacking this as a beautiful example of the many people here on Substack pouring out their knowledge and love of a subject and sharing that with all of us here. Thanks for your generosity George! 👏
That’s very kind of you. Much appreciated.
George, great job. It makes perfect sense to organize Art Every Day by painter, but I think it is good to take a break once in a while, like today, and organize by topic. "Dante" was a great idea. Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot David. Yes, I always like to switch things up every so often to keep it interesting here.
Very nice. The Barque of Dante is especially impressive. I can see why completing it would take a month of recuperation. As for Henry Holiday, he must have been a romantic since his focus was on Beatrice and La Vita Nuova as opposed to the more famous Divine Comedy.
The Barque of Dante and Dante and Beatrice are my favorite of the lot.
I think you’re absolutely right in thinking Henry Holiday must have been a romantic.
In fact, he actually taught himself Italian just in order to read Dante’s love poems around the time of painting these pictures!
Wow! That is quite a backstory to that painting. Besides the DelaCroix and Dore's masterpiece, I think that Holiday's painting of Dane with La Vita Nuova is my other favorite of them.
Thanks so much, George, for sharing your great knowledge. I learn something new from you every day.
I’m happy to know you enjoyed it, Nancy. Thanks for being here.
Fascinating read! Thanks so much 🙏🏻 The Divine Comedy has been on the reading list since I visited Florence in 2016. Maybe I should finally take the plunge…
I bought it after visiting in 2018... I keep re reading the first few cantos...
Thanks a lot, I’m glad to know you enjoyed it. And as you can probably tell, I’m a Dante fan - so would definitely recommend The Divine Comedy!
This is a favorite of mine. Thank you George.
Glad to know you enjoyed it.
A stunning selection. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this wonderful resource! I am getting ready to teach _Inferno_, and these vibrant & well-chosen paintings allow for a helpful visualization of this challenging material.
That’s really cool to know. I’m happy this can help as a resource for you.
I love your “little exhibition!”
This is a timely and wonderful article to pop into view as I'm currently reading TDC. That Delacroix is truly insane, as well - up close those figures are pretty visceral.
I’m always happy to know of a bit of synchronicity with these posts. And totally agree about the Delacroix . . . it’s one of his best in my opinion (though admittedly, there are a lot to choose from!)
Wonderful! Thank you. God has blessed many with talent, but He bestowed a bounty of it on Dante, methinks.
A wonderful assortment! I love William Blake, and the Henry Holiday scene is remarkably relatable for depicting a scene from the 1300s. I have a friend who would be doing the same thing the woman in red is doing in such a situation lol
Love this! I first read The Divine Comedy in autumn and I think that's the perfect time to read it.
I know what you mean. Although to be honest, reading Dante at any time of year is always perfect!
George thanks so very much for this opportunity to see this collection on Dante, one of the most important pieces of literature in history, and my personal favourite. My favourite, although I love every one of the pieces you have chosen today, is Eugene Delacroix - The Barque of Dante. It is a masterwork, the raw emotion and energy that he took from himself, to give to the painting, an act of true sacrifice for his art. I liked the way Henry Holiday represented the three woman as, in my opinion, Beatrice in white for paradise, hell in red with her seductive posture and purgatory in blue left behind the other two, as in purgatory you are waiting to join one of the other ‘women’. The pencil and watercolour portrait is fantastic with his eyes cast down in rumination, I could go on but suffice it to say that I love today’s post ‼️🥰
Thanks a lot Lauren. I’m really glad you enjoyed today’s article - and I like your observation about the Dante and Beatrice painting too. That’s a brilliant interpretation.
Finally figured out how to do this (hopefully).
Flynn has done a great job of serialising the Comedy here
https://open.substack.com/pub/divinacommedia
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