Dante author of The Divine Comedy , vintage cast metal bust statue , Hell Heaven

Description: DANTEOld cast metal bust of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321).White metal/spelter, with a bronze-colored finish.Just under 4" tall.Exact age unknown however this appears to be around 100+ years old.Some surface wear to the bronzed finish, otherwise very good. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer. ------- Biographical information : Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), most often referred to simply as " Dante ", Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.His work The Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. By writing his poem in the Italian vernacular rather than in Latin, Dante influenced the course of literary development, making Italian the literary language in western Europe for several centuries. Dante was instrumental in establishing the literature of Italy, and is considered to be among the country's national poets and the Western world's greatest literary icons. His depictions of Hell , Purgatory , and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art and literature.Dante influenced English writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer , John Milton , and Alfred Tennyson , among many others.Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are known as the Tre Corone (" Three Crowns ") of Italian literature. In the 19th century a "Dante revival" emerged, itself a product of the medieval revival ( an important aspect of Romanticism ).As Thomas Carlyle wrote "( Dante ) is world-great not because he is worldwide, but because he is world-deep ... Dante is the spokesman of the Middle Ages ."Dante's works, especially The Divine Comedy , are still widely read some 700 years after his passing.

Price: 35 USD

Location: Coventry, Rhode Island

End Time: 2024-09-07T18:51:24.000Z

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