{"id":2,"date":"2023-10-16T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-10-26T16:31:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T21:31:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dante\u2019s <em>The Divine Comedy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Exhibit organized for the Annual Dante Lecture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/10\/Dante_wallgraphic-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"Dante exhibit poster\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/10\/Dante_wallgraphic-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2023\/10\/Dante_wallgraphic.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dante Alighieri\u2019s <em><strong>Divine Comedy<\/strong><\/em> is considered one of the most significant and influential works of world literature. It is an epic poem narrating an allegorical journey through the three realms of the afterlife: Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso). This masterpiece of Medieval Italian literature is known for its intricate allegory and explores a wide range of themes, including divine justice, the nature of sin and virtue, the complexities of the human soul, and the relationship between humanity and the divine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em><strong>Divine Comedy<\/strong><\/em> is not only a religious and philosophical work but also a political and social commentary, reflecting Dante&#8217;s views on the politics and society of his time. Whether through medieval illuminated manuscripts, Renaissance paintings, or modern graphic novels, the poem has been a rich source of artistic expression and inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dante Alighieri\u2019s Divine Comedy is considered one of the most significant and influential works of world literature. It is an epic poem narrating an allegorical journey through the three realms of the afterlife: Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":65,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibitions.library.vanderbilt.edu\/dante\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}