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Dante Diary: Number XXXII / Phillips, Tom., 1980

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Identifier: CC-53867-357913

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Scope and Contents

Page 321 is titled "Dante in New York. and a Dedication." Tom writes ,"It feels good to dedicate my best work to my best love...In the Algonquin Hotel I gave Pella my dedication which I can't make public yet and the design for her card." On the center of the page, in the midst of large white stencilled letters, can be found the name of Pella in bright yellow. Internet: Usura in Italian means threadbare. The next part of Phillips text relates to the following. "The rich banker Enrico Scrovegni in Padua he built a private chapel between 1302 and 1303, for the decoration was called Giotto, who set to work only nl 1303 concluding work after 850 days of work, it 1305. The intent of the construction of the Scrovegni Chapel had an atoning character, in fact, the rich banker wanted liberal soul of the father from the pains of purgatory for the sins he had committed in life: wear and tear. The only wing of the chapel is longitudinal and covered by a barrel vault, natural light illuminates the environment posed by single penetrating the wall. For the realization of the frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel, Giotto, used very strongly the color blue with shades of light. The paintings are also made using the technique of encaustic (or incausto Encaustic is an ancient painting technique applied on the wall, marble, wood, terracotta, ivory." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink, ink colored, gouache, rubberstamped, handwriting) in pvc laminate + artist box (cloth covered)) ; 26 x 29 cm, in box 39 x 44 x 5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips Dante diary box

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: New York : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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