'Invitations to Shared Viewership in Sandro Botticelli's Illustrations of Dante's Paradiso'

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• Dr Heather Webb (Selwyn College, University of Cambridge)
• Tuesday 29 November 2016, 17:45-19:15
• Gatsby Room, Wolfson College.

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This talk presents new research on Sandro Botticelli’s late fifteenth-century illustrations of Dante’s Paradiso. I interrogate the status of the illustrations with respect to the text and reflect on the ways in which Botticelli sought to comment, visualise, or ‘remediate’ the visions of Dante’s Paradiso. I argue that Botticelli, like Dante, seeks to find new ways to involve the reader or viewer in the encounters that constitute his Paradiso.

This talk is part of the Wolfson College Humanities Society talks series.

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