![]() ![]() ![]() The epic poem comprises three books of 33 cantos each, plus an introductory canto. Often considered to be the greatest work of medieval European literature, the Divine Comedy, written between 13, describes Dante’s symbolic journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Heaven (Paradiso). ![]() Dalí’s watercolors were to be reproduced as wood engravings and released as a limited-edition print suite in honor of the 700th anniversary of Dante’s birth. In 1957, the Italian government commissioned Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) to illustrate Dante Alighieri’s (1265-1321) Divine Comedy. Organized by the Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, N.M., the exhibition is part of a three-year, 10-city national tour containing all 100 prints from Dalí’s Divine Comedy Suite. The exhibition Dalí Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy is on display until June 19 at the Georgia Museum of Art. ![]()
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