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Botticelli Inferno (2016)

Botticelli Inferno poster
Original title
Botticelli – Inferno
Directed by
Ralph Loop
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany, Italy
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
AA
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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This documentary examines a specific drawing by Sandro Botticelli: his Map of Hell for Dante's Divine Comedy. It explores the artist's reasons for creating this work and reveals a lesser-known, darker side of the Renaissance painter.

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What happens

Botticelli Inferno is a 2016 Italian-German documentary film directed by Ralph Loop. The film is part of the project, Great Art Cinema, and analyses one of the most mysterious works of Sandro Botticelli, the Map of Hell in the Divine Comedy Illustrated by Botticelli in the Vatican Library. The map was originally part of an illustrated manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy, featuring artwork by Botticcelli. The film was edited in the facilities of TV Plus, Medea Film, and Nexo Digital. It attempts to shed light on Botticelli's motivation for drawing his Map of Hell, and, in the process, to reveal the dark, and less well -known side of the Renaissance master who is famous for painting The Birth of Venus and Primavera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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