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Digital Dore: Re-Imagining Dante in the 21st Century
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English:
Contained in this gallery are my attempts at recreating scenes from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in the style of engraver Gustav Doré. With Doré's pieces serving as source material, I use the Neverwinter Nights 2 toolset to craft scenes from the Commedia (working with terrain, textures, grass, fog, ambient objects and creatures, lighting, etc.) to create as faithful an imitation as possible of the original engravings.
This project was inspired by Professor Lino Pertile’s course on the Divine Comedy at Harvard University – more specifically, I originally got the idea during the lesson in which we viewed a large selection of artistic representations of Dante’s encounter with Paolo and Francesca by a variety of different artists, ranging from Doré to Boticelli. My goal is to “digitize” Doré’s masterful depictions, recreating the scenes using 3-D modeling software before taking screenshots from an appropriate “camera angle” to imitate the originals.
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Italiano:
In questa galleria si trovano i miei tentativi a ricreare le scene della Divina Commedia nello stilo degli incisioni di Gustav Doré. Con la sua arte come inspirazione, uso il toolset del videogioco "Neverwinter Nights 2" (faccio il terreno, i tessuti, l’erba, le luci, la nebbia, le creature, gli oggetti, ecc.) e provo di imitare gli incisioni originali di Doré in una maniera fedele. Ci si può muovere e esplorare i piccoli mondi che ho creato (in 3D!), ma su questo sito si può solamente vedere delle foto "in 2D" che ho preso mentre ch'ero "nel gioco."
Ho originariamente avuto l’idea per questo projetto mentre che stavo seguendo il corso del Professore Lino Pertile ad Harvard University. Sono stato ispirato dalle foto degli artisti diversi che hanno rappresentato la scena in cui Dante incontra Paolo e Francesca. Il mio scopo per il projetto è di “digitiz-are” (heh heh) gli incisioni di Doré – uso la tecnologia per darli una nuova vita.
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Feedback is welcome in the form of comments on individual entries -- your opinions on the screenshots are welcome and appreciated. Also feel free to contact me directly if you wish.
Thanks for visiting -- I hope you enjoy Digital Dore!
- Alex Hugon
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Inferno XXXII, 20-24
7/25/09 | Comments (0)
" '...Be careful not to step upon the heads / Of this weary, wretched brotherhood.' / At that I turned around and saw before me / And underneath my feet a lake of ice / So frozen that it looked like glass, not water."(Inf. XXXII, 20-24)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno XIV, 40-42
7/25/09 | Comments (0)
"Restlessly the dance of wretched hands / Went on and on, on this side and on that, / Beating off the freshly falling flames." (Inf. XIV, 40-42)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno XXIII, 52-54
7/18/09 | Comments (0)
"A pena fuoro i piè suoi giunti al letto
del fondo giù, ch'e' furon in sul colle
sovresso noi; ma non lì era sospetto:" (Inf. XXIII, 52-54)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno XII, 11-12
6/23/09 | Comments (0)
"E in su la punta della botta lacca L'infamia di creti era distesa." (Inf. XII, 11-12)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno IX, 89-90
6/22/09 | Comments (1)
"Venne a la porta e con una verghetta l'aperse, che non v'ebbe alcun ritegno." (Inf. IX, 89-90)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno V, 31-32
6/18/09 | Comments (0)
"La bufera infernal, che mai non resta, mena gli spirti con la sua rapina." (Inf. V, 31-32)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno II, 70
6/13/09 | Comments (0)
"Beatrice am I, who do bid thee go." (Inf. II, 70)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno X, 40-42
5/26/09 | Comments (0)
"I had already fixed mine eyes on his, / And he uprose erect with breast and front / E'en as if Hell he had in great despite." (Inf. X, 34-36)
"As soon as I was at the foot of his tomb / Somewhat he eyed me, and, as if disdainful, / Then asked of me, "Who were thine ancestors?" (Inf. X, 40-42)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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Inferno I, 1-3
4/22/09 | Comments (4)
"Midway upon the journey of our lives
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost." (Inf. I, 1-3)~ ~ ~  Dore's Engraving~ ~ ~ 
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