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Dr. Virgulti’s talk, “From Text to Bronze: Rodin’s Visualization of Dante’s Inferno”
Friday 31 January 2020
3:30-5:00 pm
Victoria University Common Room
89 Charles Street West
(rear entrance Burwash Hall)
Victoria CollegeABSTRACT
Dante’s Inferno has inspired countless illustrations, maps, paintings and sculptures, including Auguste Rodin’s Gates of Hell, originally commissioned in 1880 for the doors of a museum that was never built. But aside from 4-5 figures (Dante, Paolo, Francesca and Ugolino), the other 180+ figures in Rodin’s Portal seem to bear little correspondence to Dante’s Inferno. This presentation will investigate the evolution of Rodin’s Porte de l’Enfer, from the early sketches, architectural designs and maquettes to its final form, in attempt to identify Rodin’s influences and models. While the Portal cannot be considered an adaptation of Dante’s text, some figures bear more correspondence than one would think, even after being freed from Hell and given a life of their own (Dante becomes The Thinker and Paolo and Francesca become The Kiss). Although divided by more than five centuries, both Dante and Rodin share and depict the universal struggles of a suffering humanity.BIOGRAPHY
Ernesto Virgulti is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Brock University. -
CONTEST!!! Voyage of Discovery Display
The Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures has mounted an exhibit in the Learning Commons and Thistle hallway showcasing various aspects of French, German, Italian, and Hispanic and Latin American Cultures. We invite you to view the intriguing assortment of items on display and win a prize by successfully answering a skill-testing question each week. The questions will be posted on various sites and all are welcome to respond.
Place: Display cases in the Library Commons and Thistle corridor
Date: Monday, September 16 to Friday, October 4
The challenge is to find the clever joke in the display AND to come up with a similar one on your own, based on any of the objects in the display cases or images on the collage. To win a prize, please send your responses to: dbielicki@brocku.ca
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Italian Canadian Archives Project’ (ICAP) Conference – October 25-26, 2019
MLLC is hosting the Ninth Annual Conference of the ‘Italian Canadian Archives Project’ (ICAP) on the theme: Italian-Canadian Experiences in Canada’s Work Force from October 25 – 26, 2019 at Brock University.
Call for Papers deadline for submissions on Friday, June 7, 2019. Confirmation of acceptance will be communicated by June 28, 2019.
