- Title
- The paradox of the divine architecture in Dante's La Divine Commedia
- Creator
- Morrison, Tessa
- Relation
- The International Journal of the Humanities Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 295-309
- Relation
- http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.1759
- Publisher
- Common Ground
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- La Divina Commedia was written nearly 700 years ago and for much of that time it has been closely examined and scrutinised across many different levels: the sources; the meaning; the linguistic structure of the poem; the hidden subtexts; the influences; the analogies and the numerology of the poem have all been analysed in detail. However, a totally neglected area of the great work is the architecture of the universe that Dante created, particularly the architecture of Paradise and the Celestial Rose. Dante attempted to create a universe that was truly Euclidian and one that was fitting for the Divine Architect with His compass and straightedge, a popular image of his time. However, Dante inadvertently created a four dimensional universe that was beyond the geometric understanding of his time. The universe that Dante created in La Divina Commedia cannot be drawn with a compass and straightedge. This paper examines Dante’s architectural metaphors, the structure of his universe, and the paradox that it creates.
- Subject
- spatial symbolism; architecture; Dante
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/922382
- Identifier
- uon:9554
- Identifier
- ISSN:1447-9508
- Language
- eng
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