Divine Comedy Analysis

Introduction: The famous epic poem by Dante Alighieri, became a well-known icon of the Italian literature since it was published in 1320 in the kingdom ages. The expansion of this poem have reach a historical level scale, acquiring a worldwide penetration and a perennial nature through the time. Although the comedy is best known in the academic backgrounds, its inspiration for other types of expressions like products, performances and art works, make it appeal continuously to more and more people around the world. Therefore, my paper analyzes the transnational popular culture appeal of The Divine Comedy, highlighting the main factors that make the poem a worldwide know piece for most people in this days. Contextual: The Divine Comedy was originally called only comedy by Dante. Reason for this is the thematic trajectory from sadness towards happiness (God and truth in this case), as well the vulgar language and popular style it was written, intended to be read by

One of the most famous works that have been based in the nine circles of hell is called “Mappa Del Inferno” by Sandro Boticceli. The paint attempts to craft a map from the first part of the comedy, describing each level with the most posible presicion. Even that the picture became a famous art-piece by itself, the profesionalism and trayectory of Boticelli with other works, such as: The Birth of Venus or Primavera, built a based for the presentation of paint to the world. This is the case with other world class artist, who isnpired many of their works in Dante’s poem like: Stradanus, William Blake, Paul Gustave Dore, Auguste Rodin and Salvador Dali. Notice that the artists belong to different backgrounds and different times, given to the comedy a bigger and longer impact in the