+1 862 207 3288 Write an argument about which of two artists Dante would have chosen to illustrate the Inferno. You’ll choose two images from each artist as
well as selections from the text as evidence to support your argument. Once you’ve written your argument, you’ll present it to the class
using digital media.
Images from the Inferno by William Blake and Gustave Doré
Gustave Doré’s image of Dante astray in the Dusky Wood1
Gustave Doré’s vision of Dante and Virgil in the Forest of the Suicides and Profligates1
William Blake’s vision of Dante and Virgil in the Forest of the Suicides2
Gustave Doré’s version of the demons threatening to attack Virgil and Dante1
William Blake’s vision of Virgil and Dante fleeing the threatening demons in Canto XXI2
Dante and Virgil viewing the burning souls of those who gave fraudulent advice1
Virgil and Dante observe the frozen lake holding Lucifer, the three-faced king of Hell1
Sources
1. Gustave Doré, Doré’s Inferno, The Divine Comedy Web Edition, last modified February 2006, http://www.divinecomedy.org/divine_comedy.html.
2. William Blake, Illustrations to Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, accessed February 10, 2014, http://www.blakearchive.org/.
