Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita

By on December 12th, 2004

Check out this illustrated version of Dante’s Inferno set in a nightmarish Los Angeles. I’m coveting those lithographs, especially the one illustrating the gates of Hell as the entrance to an underpass, complete with signs that read "Abandon All Hope On Entry Here." (Reminds me rather of Martin Rowson’s fantastically inventive noir comic book version of The Waste Land.)

Via scribblingwoman.

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3 Responses to “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita”

  1. Rana says:
    December 14, 2004 at 4:09 pm

    That is _really_ cool.

  2. Somewhat says:
    December 18, 2004 at 8:21 pm

    That is really, really cool!

  3. Amanda says:
    December 18, 2004 at 8:47 pm

    Isn’t it just? Transposed classics are always neat, and when someone manages to pull off that big a transposition and make it work, it’s amazing.