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Dante's Divine Comedy in the Form of a Sculpture
Description
Dante's Divine Comedy has been around for eight centuries, and its imaginative vision of the afterlife truly resembled the ideology of 13th century. However, time has passed, and now, in 21st century, the societies have made major technological advancements that distinct themselves from the past. Consequently, with recent technology in mind, one could imagine an afterlife with robotic Minos and Cerberus, and possibly the circles of hell residing within an earth resembling death star that is controlled automatically using artificial intelligence. The symbolic representation of punishments could have been altered throughout time, and more recent criminals may be seen in the circles of hell. By identifying and correlating contemporary style of art with a classic literature such as Dante's Divine Comedy, one could better understand the essence of literature without the disconnect from current world, and appreciate the deep underlying ideology that Dante offers within his literature. Sculptures that encompass nine circles of hell and heaven would demonstrate structural aptitude and symbolic representation of what Dante would have imagined if he were to write his literature in the 21st century. Throughout the project, connection between the literature and the sculptures is observed. Some of the sculptures were meant to be abstract and some literal. Even though the medium used in each of the sculptures were different, the correlation between each sculpture unifies everything together into one theme, Dante's Divine Comedy.
Date Created
2018-05
Contributors
- Kim, David (Author)
- Neubauer, Mary (Thesis director)
- Harp, Hilary (Committee member)
- School of Molecular Sciences (Contributor)
- School of Art (Contributor)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
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10 pages
Language
eng
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In Copyright
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Academic Year 2017-2018
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.47864
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minimal
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- 2018-04-18 12:05:01
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- 2021-08-11 04:09:57
- 3 years 2 months ago
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