Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman depicting scenes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy canonical | 1 |
| Illustrations to Dante’s Inferno | 1 |
| Illustrations to Dante’s Paradiso | 1 |
| Illustrations to Dante’s Purgatorio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy Context triple: [John Flaxman, notableWork, Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy]
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A.
The New Life of Dante
The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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B.
De pictura
De pictura is a seminal 15th-century treatise that systematically codifies the principles of linear perspective and painting in Renaissance art.
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C.
Dante’s Dream
Dante’s Dream is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicting a visionary scene from Dante Alighieri’s Vita Nuova, rich in symbolic color and medieval romanticism.
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D.
Trattatello in laude di Dante
Trattatello in laude di Dante is a 14th-century biographical and critical work that offers one of the earliest and most influential accounts of the life and poetry of Dante Alighieri.
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E.
Dante’s View
Dante’s View is a high-elevation overlook on the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park that offers sweeping panoramic views of the valley floor and surrounding mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy Target entity description: Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy is a celebrated series of neoclassical outline engravings by John Flaxman depicting scenes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem.
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A.
The New Life of Dante
The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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B.
De pictura
De pictura is a seminal 15th-century treatise that systematically codifies the principles of linear perspective and painting in Renaissance art.
-
C.
Dante’s Dream
Dante’s Dream is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicting a visionary scene from Dante Alighieri’s Vita Nuova, rich in symbolic color and medieval romanticism.
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D.
Trattatello in laude di Dante
Trattatello in laude di Dante is a 14th-century biographical and critical work that offers one of the earliest and most influential accounts of the life and poetry of Dante Alighieri.
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E.
Dante’s View
Dante’s View is a high-elevation overlook on the eastern edge of Death Valley National Park that offers sweeping panoramic views of the valley floor and surrounding mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book illustration series
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series of engravings ⓘ |
| artForm | book illustration ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | early landmark of neoclassical illustration ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | outline style ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Romantic-era book production ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | publication of Dante’s Divine Comedy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Flaxman ⓘ |
| creatorArtMovement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | British ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
draughtsman
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sculptor ⓘ |
| depicts |
Divine Comedy
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Inferno ⓘ Paradiso ⓘ Purgatorio ⓘ |
| depictsCharacter |
Beatrice (Divine Comedy)
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linked to:
Beatrice
Dante Alighieri (character) ⓘ
linked to:
Dante (protagonist)
Virgil (Divine Comedy) ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | Dante’s journey through the afterlife ⓘ |
| genre | neoclassical art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
19th-century book illustration
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later Dante illustrators ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Illustrations to Dante’s Inferno
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linked to:
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Illustrations to Dante’s Paradiso ⓘ
linked to:
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
Illustrations to Dante’s Purgatorio ⓘ
linked to:
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
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| influencedBy | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| languageOfAccompanyingText | English ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential Dante iconography
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linear outline style ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | print ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad (John Flaxman)
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linked to:
Illustrations to Homer’s Iliad
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey (John Flaxman) ⓘ
linked to:
Illustrations to Homer’s Odyssey
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| subjectMatter |
Christian eschatology
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afterlife ⓘ heaven ⓘ hell ⓘ purgatory ⓘ |
| technique | engraving ⓘ |
| visualFormat | black-and-white line engravings ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy
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linked to: Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy