Characteristics of the Gothic heroes of dream, myth, fairy tale, and the fine arts:
Caspar David Friedrich, Landscape with Rainbow
Caspar David Friedrich, Traveller Above the Sea of Clouds, 1818
Caspar David Friedrich, Chalk Cliffs of Rugen, 1818
Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1809
Henri Matisse, Icarus (Icare) from "Jazz," 1943-44
Niccolo dell'Abbate, Orpheus and Erydice, c.1530
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, 1861
Gustave Moreau, Orpheus, 1865
Gustave Moreau, Jason, 1865
J.M.W Turner, Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus, 1829
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Aeneas, Anchises, & Ascanius, 1618-19
J.M.W Turner, Dido Building Carthage, 1815
Durer, Adam and Eve
William Blake, The Judgement of Adam
Sandro Botticelli, The Mystical Nativity, c.1500
Giovani Bellini, The Madona of the Meadow, c.1505
Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Procession to Calvary, 1564
Hieronymous Bosch, Christ Carrying the Cross, c.1490
Grunewald, Christ Crucified
Salvador Dali, Crucifixion ("Hypercubic Body"), 1954
Sandro Botticelli, Lamentation Over the Dead Body of Christ
Andrea da Firenze, Descent of Christ to Limbo, 1365-68
Andrea da Firenze, Detail from Descent of Christ to Limbo, 1365-68
Unknown Italian Master, Allegorical Portrait of Dante, 1530
Eugene Delacroix, The Barque of Dante, 1822
Louis Rubio, Paolo and Francesca, 1832
William Blake, Whirlwind of Lovers (Dante, Inferno)
Ary Scheffer, Dante Encountering the Shades of Francesca de Remini and Paolo in the Underworld, 1851
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), Dante and Virgil in Hell
Blake & Botticelli Illustrations of Dante
Digital Dante (Columbia University)
Dante Exhibitions & Illustrations
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893