The Alinari Edition of 1902
In 1900, Vittorio Alinari, the greatest of Italian photographers and the founder of the renowned Alinari photographic society, held a contest for illustrations of the Comedy which attracted about 20 of the most prominent italian artists of the time and about 10 more from other European countries. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Alinari Society, the master photographer envisioned a project that had hardly anything to do with photography: a new edition of the Divine Comedy, illustrated by contemporary Italian painters, that would duly bring Dante into the 20th century. The submissions resulted in the beautfully illustrated Alinari edition (now a classic) that was published between 1902 (Inferno) and 1908 (Paradiso), and which was reprinted in 250 copies 100 years later, in 2002. The illustrations are heavily protected by copyrights, and many are completely unavailable on the net. Below you can find a small selection of images, reproduced in very poor quality.
Alberto Martini
Inferno IV
Inferno IX
Inferno XIV
Inferno XV
Inferno XVI
Inferno XIX
Inferno XXIV
Inferno XXXIII
Duilio Cambellotti
Inferno X
Inferno XXX
Inferno XXXI
Galileo Chini
Inferno I
Inferno XXXI
Vincenzo La Bella
Inferno VI
Inferno VIII
Giorgio Kienerk
Inferno XI
Inferno XXXIV
Armando Spadini
Inferno XIII
Inferno XIV
Ernesto Bellandi
Inferno XX
Inferno XXIII
Giovanni Costetti
Inferno XX
Adolfo De Carolis
Inferno XXII
Alberto Zardo
Inferno XXXIV
Pinacoteca Dantesca "Fortunato Bellonzi"
This is the Catalogue of all pictorial illustrations of the Comedy housed at the Museo Casa di Dante in Pescara, through the museum's brand-new web page. It contains works by over 30 contemporary Italian artists. View the works by clicking on the artist's name.
http://h1.ath.cx/muvi/bellonzi/catalogo.html
Jennifer Strange
Rico Lebrun
Renato Guttuso
Robert Cimbalo
Italian-American artist Robert Cimbalo composed his series of illustrations for Dante's Inferno, in mixed media, in 1984.
Cimbalo's Inferno (from www.robertcimbalo.com)
Marco Rinaldi
A site dedicated to Rinaldi's abstract reinterpretations of the three cantiche.
Sognando Dante
Suloni Robertson
American artist and graphic descigner Suloni Robertson created a complete series of illustrations for Inferno in the early 2000s, some of which are reproduced here.
Charon (Inferno III)
Cerberus (Inferno VI)
Farinata and Cavalcante (Inferno X)
The Fifth Circle of Hell
Lucifer (Inferno XXXIV)
