Monthly Archives: October 2015

Woman with a Dog (1953)

The contrapasso of the sorcerers, astrologers, and false prophets by Stradanus Contrapasso (or, in modern Italian, contrappasso), from the Latin contra and patior, “suffer the opposite,” refers to the punishment of souls in Dante’s Inferno “by a process either resembling or contrasting … Continue reading →

This is the link to another class’ blog and some of the art work the students selected for their presentations. Keep in mind they weren’t reading the same texts. Scroll down to see the headings for Presentations. Gods, Monsters and … Continue reading →

The Vestibule of Hell and the Souls Mustering to Cross the Acheron (1847) by William Blake Sandro Botticelli’s depiction of Dante’s Inferno Salvador Dali’s paintings of Dante’s Inferno Canto I in Italian Norton’s Map of the Inferno Dante’s Commedia it is a … Continue reading →

It is just because the main foes in Beowulf are inhuman that the story is larger and more significant than this imaginary poem of a great king’s fall. It glimpses the cosmic and moves with the thought of all men … Continue reading →

Beowulf Manuscript (c. 1000) Beowulf read in Old English History of the English Language in Ten Minutes Beowulf is a pagan epic poem with Christian additions passed down orally from the southern Swedes to the English in the 5th century when the Anglo-Saxons and Jutes … Continue reading →

These databases are worth perusing for your work of art. Spend some time looking through the various images for inspiration. Art Museum Image Gallery: This will bring you to the list of databases available through the Newman Library. Select “Art Museum … Continue reading →

From Wikipedia’s entry on Achilles:  Ajax carries off the body of Achilles: Attic black-figure lekythos, ca. 510 BC   The death of Achilles, as predicted by Hector with his dying breath, was brought about by Paris with an arrow (to the … Continue reading →

The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562)

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