![]() ![]() He is best known for his monumental epic poem La Commedia, later renamed by Giovanni Boccaccio to La Divina Commedia – The Divine Comedy.ĭante’s Divine Comedy, a landmark in Italian literature and among the greatest works of all medieval European literature, is a profound Christian vision of humankind’s temporal and eternal destiny. ![]() ![]() The Italians called him Il Sommo Poeta which could be translated in English as “The Supreme Poet”. For those who haven’t had a chance to learn about Dante yet, his full name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and he was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. Those who already know Dante and his Divine Comedy can skip this introduction and go directly to the artworks. Andrea del Castagno, Dante Alighieri, 1450, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. ![]()
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