Vitruvius and Dante'sImago dei
Richard Kay
Abstract At the end of his Comedy, Dante leaves reader with a problem in iconography. character has ascended to highest heaven Beatrice as guide, but there she him take her seat among blessed and is replaced by Saint Bernard Clairvaux, who completes pilgrim's tour heaven, first identifying its leading citizens then praying Virgin Mary that 'the Supreme Pleasure may be disclosed him' (Par. 33.33). The result series visions conclude poem: God perceived unitary cause all being; next, Trinity appears three superimposed revolving circles light; finally circle represents Son 'seemed me depicted our image own color - dentro da se, del suo colore stesso,/mi parve pinta de la nostra effige' (130-131). problem, which never seems have been posed iconographic terms, whether effige refers specific poet had mind b...
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