In 1588 a young Galileo used the descriptions in the Inferno to calculate Hell to be over 3,245 miles deep. As Dante and Virgil do not walk in a straight line, they cover an even greater distance!

Dante wrote his Inferno in Italian ... of The Inferno in other creative mediums — such as Gustave Dore's famous illustrations — Combs-Schilling thinks it might be easier to compare a video ...

An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto III of Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri, written circa 1310. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) "The thing about Dante, and the time in which he lived ...

This especially being true of the first of its three volumes: the Inferno. Dante’s bleak and doleful vision of Hell has had such a profound effect on artists, that according to legend, it holds some ...

There is no third.” Here’s what you need to know about Dante’s Inferno. Few Western writers have neared the influence and long legacy of Dante, the Italian poet, political philosopher ...

Dante and Virgil encounter the counterfeiters and forgers, now changed to lepers and the insane for punishment Screenshot from the film L’Inferno (1911) The first motion pictures were simple ...

Senior Lecturer, Chair, The Department of Writing Studies, University of Sydney So warns the inscription on the gates of the inferno, the first realm of Dante Alighieri’s celebrated work ...

The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first ...

Dante's Inferno has weathered its share of criticism for its aggressive marketing campaign, as well as its topical resemblance to the God of War titles. To be fair, much of that criticism came ...

“Dante: Inferno to Paradise” appeals to lovers of art and anyone wondering what all the fuss is about with Dante. Born in 1265, Dante started life aspiring to artistic excellence ...