The smiling walls : Dante and the visual arts = Dante e le arti figurative /

This book addresses the artistic reception of the 'Comedy' in mural painting from the Trecento to the Cinquecento, created by some of the greatest fresco painters of these centuries, and presented here for the first time in its articulated and composite totality. Well-known specialists add...

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Other Authors:	Arqués i Corominas, Rossend (Editor), Maddalo, Silvia (Editor), Pasquini, Laura (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	Italian English
Language Notes:	Italian and English.
Published:	Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023]
Subjects:	Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321. > Divina commedia > Illustrations. Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 > Influence. Dante Alighieri, > 1265-1321 Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) Mural painting and decoration, Italian > Themes, motives. Judgment Day in art. Hell in art. Purgatory in art. Heaven in art. Illustration of books. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

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Summary:	This book addresses the artistic reception of the 'Comedy' in mural painting from the Trecento to the Cinquecento, created by some of the greatest fresco painters of these centuries, and presented here for the first time in its articulated and composite totality. Well-known specialists address each of the epochs and each of the artists studied, analyzing in particular the different moments in which the painters of these centuries have placed the figuration of the afterlife and of the universal judgment in the light of the Dante experience.
Physical Description:	544 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-528) and indexes.
ISBN:	9782503594507 2503594506