The work was lost for centuries, the original sketch locked away in the Vatican. For the documentary "Botticelli Inferno," the vaults of the Vatican were opened, allowing the filmmakers to tell the story of this masterpiece. The way to paradise leads through the nine circles of hell "Inferno" in Italian, as well as purgatory. Only those who experience the torture of hell will get into paradise - possibly! What more does this mysterious picture still have to reveal to us?
Botticelli is considered one of the most important artists of the Renaissance. He repeatedly broke with convention and brought numerous innovations to painting. More than years after his death, he still influences popular culture, inspiring artists as diverse as Lady Gaga and Dan Brown.
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Botticelli and Dante are linked by a thread that runs though history. He was given the job of illustrating a copy of the Comedy by a member of the Medici family , Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco. Within it Hell is represented as an inverted cone , and full of gory details. Just like in the Divine Comedy. Dante tells us in the Comedy that this cone originated when God cast Lucifer down to earth.
Lucifer , as the origin of Evil, is set at the centre of the earth, the furthest point away form God. Within the circles of hell , the sinners atone for their sins. And here, Botticelli represents the punishments of the damned with incredible detail. The avaricious are forced to push heavy stones around for eternity, the wrathful and sullen are forever stuck in the muddy water of the Styx, the heretics are consumed by purifying fires.
They are guarded on all sides by a multitude of devils.
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