Farinata degli Uberti by giulband
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Locked in the fiery tombs of the city of Dite, Dante meets the soul of Farinata degli Uberti, leader of the Ghibellines of Florence, leader in the historic battle of Montaperti in 1260. Dante has with him political controversies, which allow Farinata to prophesy to the poet his future exile. The character of Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti, father of the poet Guido, a friend of Dante who, in his opinion, should accompany him on the journey to the afterlife, inserts himself in the dialogue: the poet's ambiguous response throws him into despair and makes him believe, erroneously, that Guido is already dead (in reality Dante's friend died only in August 1300)
Comments (72)
Amazing artwork and great textures!
Super work!
an infinite number of stories to illustrate from Dante!
Very powerful and impressive image.
Excellent work, my friend! Fantastic textures!
Wow, excellent use of colors to portray heat. The sad and pitiful characters are struggling for sure. The emotion and drama in this scene is strong. A fantastic piece of art.... Bravo!
Wow amazingly beautiful! Stunning artwork!👍👏🖐
Excellent !
Great scene,very well done.
Very nice playing with all these textures
a captivating creation by its originality
Very well done !!!!!
Amazing creation like the textures on the characters
love the figure far left
What a superb composition, great expressions and very beautiful textures... wonderfully done !!
Amazing work!!!
This is something different, it looks like a nightmare, nice analogy.. good work!
Outstanding topic source and a really well done render. I love your texture choices.
Excellent
Amazing how you are able to use Bryce in this highly original way to create literary scenes.
Wow, great work on this !
Amazing work
I wish I remembered the complex history of Farinata, and of Guido (wasn't he in the Decameron? or wasn't he associated with the Decameron? I don't remember...). I do remember that Farinata refused to destroy the city of Firenze...and, also (I think) his bones were burnt because of heresy.........anyway.........
I remember Dante's journey through these sepulchers, and how Farinata rose out of his tomb. (My old study-notes have the quotes, "La gente che per li sepolcri giace/potrebbesi veder..."---something like: "Can souls, in their sepulcher, be seen?"...and "Volgiti! Che fai?/Vedi là Farinata che s’è dritto..."---I assume that's Virgil telling Dante to look at the souls, don't turn away: that soul is Farinata...) Once again, Giuliano, you have captured essences: Farinata rises out of his grave in anguish: His body seems stuck in the fire inside his grave. (Perhaps that gold "bedding" in his tomb is mire...the mud and lava of death.) And you've shown his arms 'pushing' himself out of his grave, unable to rise further. Farinata's eyes are 'blank'---no irises, no corneas (perhaps his eyes are closed for eternity): This is another emotional, brilliant portrait of a soul, in your remarkable portraits from the Comedia. He seems to be in anguish, and yearning (yearning to be freed, yearning to tell his tale). Below, you portrayed Cavalcante, as a big bulbous bronze mass (big shoulders and rounded head), with one hand pointing up, as if he wants to be heard. The ornament on Farinata is flowing and curvilinear...but the ornament on Cavalcante is decayed: His skin is broken, and a hideous grid-work is showing from inside. Death "pops through" his skin, across his whole body. You use these metallic ornamental patterns brilliantly, throughout your work.
Also, you use metallic hues brilliantly, in your work: Here, Farinata and Cavalcante are both metallic. They're almost cast from metal, as if hell turned them to permanent metal for eternity. Your background is stunning as well: The flames of hell are deep-red-gold-bronze pyramids. It's difficult to express, in words, what your imagery expresses: Because your imagery is so primal: You've turned flame---an illusion of light and heat---into solid metal pyramids; into permanent, eternal 'peaks' that stand frozen-in-time for eternity. In a place of eternal moving flame (here, the sixth circle, if I recall), you turned everything to solid matter: It's will sit there, forever; immovable, and brilliantly colored. Your images show the torment of hell's flames, but they also show the beauty (to me) of Dante's verse: The beauty of your flames seem, to me, to visualize the beauty of Dante's language. I.e., these souls are surrounded not just by 'flame', but by the exquisite rhythm and music of Dante's poetry. And these souls can't appreciate the poetry, because they're in hell...
Finally, you gave another tomb in the background, with souls trying to protect themselves from the flames. I don't know who those souls are (I don't remember enough of the Cantos to remember). But they remind us that this place is filled with countless buried souls.
Amazing work, Giuliano. Farinata's presence is a deep cry from the bowels of hell...you've lit him in silvery-yellow bright tones, and he seems to symbolize all souls in hell: rising from the depths, crying out, eyes closed or 'blank', and unable to free himself from the mire of death. Your images for the Comedia are brilliant; and they should be a large book that accompanies the text...
Most intriguing and fascinating! A great work.
Superb .
Very powerful imagery.
I really enjoy how put your work into context with your description.
Great scene.
Excellent, with a real sense of struggle
GREAT ART WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very interesting and unusual textures :)