The Divine Comedy in art

Abstract

Since its publication, The Divine Comedy by the famous florentine poet Dante Alighieri has caused revolutions in culture and art. His conceptions about metaphysical issues, which were extremely transcendental in his time, with remains of medieval thought, such as heaven, hell and purgatory, have had an undeniable impact on the areas of social life in centuries after his, including ours, where we can observe his presence in music, films and even video games. It's for that reason that thinking about the artistic influence of this great work is not an out of place task, especially if one looks for its mark in the graphic works of painting and engraving, taking into account the context of the author and his biography in order to situate his production in his time.