Robert Brinkerhoff
Jan 7, 20244 min read
Introduction to Inferno: Una Selva Oscura
Introduction to Inferno: Una Selva Oscura Ink on paper. 2016 22 x 15” In the opening canto of L’ Inferno, Dante finds himself in a dark wood (una selva oscura) having lost his way in life, both morally and intellectually. Thus begins the journey to Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, before returning to life a saved man. * * * For a couple of years, I taught a class with a brilliant RISD colleague—Mark Sherman, a medievalist in the Literary Arts and Studies Department. I learne
