Dante on View: The Reception of Dante in the Visual and Performing ArtsAntonella Braida, Luisa Calè Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 - 229 pages This collection of essays analyses the presence of the Italian Medieval poet Dante Alighieri in the visual and performing arts from the Middle Ages to the present day. It explores the image of Dante emerging in medieval illuminated manuscripts and later ideological and nostalgic uses of the poet. |
Contents
The Comedy as a Text for Performance | 17 |
From Drama to Film | 39 |
From Dante to Dante Sonata | 53 |
The Image of Dante Poet and Pilgrim | 83 |
British and Italian Responses | 109 |
from a copy of Compositions by John Flaxman R A from the Divine | 130 |
Arti e Scienze | 136 |
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