Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Infernal Storm
A stream of pale bodies sweeps through a vast dark space while the two travellers watch from a rough ledge. The second circle's restless wind carries those governed by uncontrolled desire. Doré's curving band of bodies resembles a current, with its course disappearing into the surrounding darkness. The still visitors in the foreground make the motion of the airborne company more apparent. The caption describes the storm's driving force. Rather than individual portraits, the plate offers an image of a shared condition: movement continues without an obvious place to stand, while the travellers temporarily occupy a sheltered edge.
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Gustave Doré (design). "The Infernal Storm" [editorial title]. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri. New Edition, undated supplied scan, undated edition, Thompson & Thomas. Source scan leaf 46. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/inferno-dore-39
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Full source plate visually inspected; original scan tone retained. Editorial title. Sideways bound plates turned upright in the derivative only; source and reader unchanged.
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Gustave Doré (design). The Infernal Storm. Dante's Inferno. Scan leaf 46. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/inferno-dore-39