我花了4年多的时间在乐器上描绘但丁的地狱

Hello, my name is Leonardo Frigo and I am a London-based artist. I illustrate biographies and stories on musical instruments such as violins and cellos (if you’re interested, you can find my previous post here). “Dante Alighieri – Inferno” is a project in progress for more than four years, conceived and developed by me.

你好，我叫莱昂纳多·弗里戈，我是一名伦敦艺术家。我举例说明小提琴和大提琴等乐器的传记和故事(如果你感兴趣，你可以找到我以前的作品)。“但丁·阿利吉耶里——地狱”是一个四年多来一直在进行的项目，由我构思和开发。

I had managed to bring together music, poetry, design, and craftsmanship in a single piece of art. We are talking about 34 musical instruments, 33 violins, and 1 cello, on which I made the emblematic illustrations inspired by the first “cantica” chapter of the Divine Comedy: Inferno (Hell). Each musical instrument is dedicated to a specific canto. On its surface, the violins show off symbols, scenes and key characters taken from the imagery of the poem written by Dante Alighieri hundreds of years ago.

我成功地将音乐、诗歌、设计和工艺融合在一件艺术品中。我们说的是34种乐器，33把小提琴和1把大提琴，我在上面做了象征性的插图，灵感来自于神曲《地狱》的第一个“坎蒂卡”章节。每一种乐器都有其特定的篇章。从表面上看，小提琴展示了从但丁几百年前写的诗中提取的符号、场景和关键人物。

My work comes from deep research that has roots in my passion for reading, for art and, in particular, for the of Dante’s masterpiece. Dante’s Inferno has always inspired me since I was a child, I can probably say that it taught me to imagine and dream.

我的作品来源于我对阅读的热爱，对艺术的热爱，尤其是对但丁的杰作的热爱。但丁的《地狱》从我还是个孩子的时候就一直激励着我，我可以说它教会了我想象和梦想。

Therefore, after taking notes and annotations about each canto, I start to search for symbols, names, and illustrations that, put together, tell the story written by Dante. When the final design is clear in my mind, I am ready to paint it by hand, in black ink, on the entire surface of the violin. The instrument is then varnished and installed on its base. But it does not end here: each violin is accompanied by an accurate descriptive text, both in Italian and in English, which highlights and analyzes all its details.

因此，在对每一章做了笔记和注释之后，我开始寻找符号、名字和插图，把它们放在一起，来讲述但丁写的故事。当最终的设计在我的脑海中清晰的时候，我准备用黑色的墨水在小提琴的整个表面上手绘。然后将仪器涂上清漆并安装在基座上。但它并没有在这里结束:每把小提琴都伴随着一个准确的描述文本，用意大利语和英语，它强调和分析了所有的细节。

More info: leonardofrigo.com

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