denisforkas: Study for Hypocrites (illustration for Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri/Inferno, Canto
denisforkas: Study for Hypocrites (illustration for Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri/Inferno, Canto 23), after Francisco Goya after John Flaxman, 2015 Acrylics on paper, 29.5 x 41.7 cm “Là giù trovammo una gente dipintache giva intorno assai con lenti passi,piangendo e nel sembiante stanca e vinta. Elli avean cappe con cappucci bassidinanzi a li occhi, fatte de la tagliache in Clugnì; per li monaci fassi. Di fuor dorate son, sì ch'elli abbaglia;ma dentro tutte piombo, e gravi tanto,che Federigo le mettea di paglia.” *** “We found, down there, a people painted bright.Their tread, as round they went, was very slow,weeping, worn down and seemingly defeated. They all wore robes with hoods hung low, that hidtheir eyes, tailored – in cut – to match those wornby monks who thrive in Benedictine Cluny. So gilded outwardly, they dazed the eye.Within, these robes were all of lead – so heavythose capes that melt in torture would seem mere straw.” (trans. R. Kirkpatrick) -- source link