Browse Items (2 total)
‘Inferno, canto XIII: The Forest of Suicides’ by Fiona Hall
This photographic artwork by Australian artist Fiona Hall belongs to a series titled ‘Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy’. It is held by The National Gallery of Australia and depicts a scene from canto XIII of Dante…
Tags: ‘Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy’, Afterlife, allegory, art, artwork, birds, canto, Dante Alighieri, dogs, epic poem, forest, Giacomo of Sant’ Andrea, harpies, Hell, Inferno, journey, Lano, mastiffs, medieval literature, medieval world-view, modern art, photograph, Pier della Vigna (c.1190-1249), poem, punishment, sin, soul, suffering, The Divine Comedy, The Forest of the Suicides, The National Gallery, trees, underworld, Virgil, wounded
"Requiescat" by Briton Rivière
This oil on canvas painting by English artist Briton Rivière was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales (from the artist) in 1897-1898. Completed in 1888, it depicts an armoured medieval knight lying supine on top of a wooden bed and…