One of the most mysterious works of art in history is certainly Sandro Botticelli's "Mappa dell' Inferno". Captured on a small piece of parchment in this 15th-century work of art and by the Florentine master genius. We see the topographical representation of hell, as the poet Dante once described in his Divine Comedy. This work has been stored for centuries now in the apostolic library of the Vatican and was only once taken out for the documentary "Botticelli Inferno". It shows the so-called hell funnel that was once banned deep into the earth by the fall of Lucifer. There we see in many small scenes the journey of the two poets Dante and Virgil to the bottom of the funnel (Inferno). Later it goes on the Purification Mountain (Purgatory) up to paradise. So in absolute short form once the journey.
Topographically, this poetic masterpiece has been shown more often (as Botticelli's) but has never really been complete. Most interesting appeared to date to all artists rather always the inferno with the nine Hell circles, as now the refining mountain with the final paradise. Perhaps this was due to the topographical orientation in Dante's work, which at the end of the refutation hill seemed to have been driven out of the sea. I think Botticelli has refrained from presenting this, because he would quasi compositionally in this moment the representations of the events on the terraces of the funnel, behind it would stand in the way. One would not have been able to see them at this moment if there was a mountain in front of them. Thus, Botticell had concentrated so completely on the hell, as on the not insignificant elements (Purgatorium / Refining Mountain and paradise)
Topographically, this poetic masterpiece has been shown more often (as Botticelli's) but has never really been complete. Most interesting appeared to date to all artists rather always the inferno with the nine Hell circles, as now the refining mountain with the final paradise. Perhaps this was due to the topographical orientation in Dante's work, which at the end of the refutation hill seemed to have been driven out of the sea. I think Botticelli has refrained from presenting this, because he would quasi compositionally in this moment the representations of the events on the terraces of the funnel, behind it would stand in the way. One would not have been able to see them at this moment if there was a mountain in front of them. Thus, Botticell had concentrated so completely on the hell, as on the not insignificant elements (Purgatorium / Refining Mountain and paradise)
As a 3d artist, almost 600 years later, through the fantastic possibilities of depicting a 3d space, I now have to face this compositional problem and try not to reinterpret this masterpiece of human history, but at least to extract some new aspects from it. From this huge picture, a larger website is also planned, in which an intarctive map of all important scenes of the Divine Comedy for the very first time to be experienced at a glance. In addition, there are reference points in this interactive map to the most important art historical works of history (such as Dore, Blake and Delacroix)
ANATEUS (Giant) was a figure in Greek. In Greek sources, he was the half-giant son of Poseidon and Gaia.His wife was the goddess Tinge, and he had a daughter named Alceis or Barce. He was famed for his loss to Heracles as part of his 12 Labors.
Nessus (Centaur) Nessus is known for his role in the story of the Tunic of Nessus. After carrying Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, across the river, he attempted to force himself upon her.
CHARON
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/; Greek Χάρων) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on the mouth of a dead person
In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ˈkɛərɒn, -ən/; Greek Χάρων) is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls of the newly deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead. A coin to pay Charon for passage, usually an obolus or danake, was sometimes placed in or on the mouth of a dead person
DANTE was an Italian poet during the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language
EPHIALTES (Giant) is a giant from Greek mythology. He is in the list of names of the library of Apollodor as the son of Gaia and the blood of Uranos, which fell on its emasculation on Gaia, called. In the prefixed list of names of the Fabulae of Hyginus, he is the son of Gaia and Tartarus.
GERYON - son of Chrysaor and Callirrhoe, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus, was a fearsome giant who dwelt on the island Erytheia of the mythic Hesperides in the far west of the Mediterranean. A more literal-minded later generation of Greeks associated the region with Tartessos in southern Iberia.Geryon was often described as a monster with human faces.
LUCIFER "light-bringer'" corresponding to the Greek name, Ἑωσφόρος. 'dawn-bringer', for the same planet) is a Latin name for the planet Venus in its morning appearances, and is often used for mythological and religious figures associated with the planet. Due to the unique movements and discontinuous appearances of Venus in the sky, mythology surrounding these figures often involved a fall from the heavens to earth or the underworld
NIMROD (Giant) a biblical figure described as a king in the land of Shinar (Mesopotamia), was, according to the Book of Genesis and Books of Chronicles, the son of Cush, the son of Ham, son of Noah. The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord [and] .... began to be mighty in the earth".[2] Extra-biblical traditions associating him with the Tower of Babel led to his reputation as a king who was rebellious against God.
VIRGIL is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome since the time of its composition.
