![]() ![]() That said, Doré did a great job producing this illustration, so I am reproducing it here for its artistic merits. The idea of Charon transporting the wicked to Inferno is, therefore, absurd, as he was transporting all the dead to whatever their destination was. While in Christian mythology (largely influenced by Dante), Hell is the place of punishment for the wicked, in ancient Greek mythology, Hades was the place where everyone moved to after they died, with the Elysium for the best, Tartarus for the worst, and Asphodel Meadows for the ordinary. «Là, je vis s'avancer vers nous, dans un esquif, / Un vieillard aux cheveux aussi blancs que la neige, / Qui criait « "Gare à vous, pervers esprits damnés !" ».Īnd, sadly, it was Dante’s Inferno that is responsible for Hollywood’s ridiculous idea that Hades is the devil and his realm is the Hell. Gustave Dor and Dante’s Inferno In his early twenties, Gustave Dor had already grown such a reputation for his drawings that he decided to embark on an even more ambitious project involving illustrations for Dante’s Inferno (c. Planche IX, Chant III : L'arrivée de Caron. "And lo! towards us coming in a boat / An old man, hoary with the hair of eld, / Crying: 'Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!'" (Longfellow's translation) "And, lo! toward us in a bark / Comes an old man, hoary white with eld, / Crying "Woe to you, wicked spirits!" (Cary's translation)įrançais : Illustration par Gustave Doré de l'enfer de Dante (La Divine Comédie). By AdamStanislav - uploaded on June 22, 2016, 7:27 pmĮnglish: Gustave Doré's illustration to Dante's Inferno. ![]()
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