The Divine Comedy (Paradiso 30-31) by Dante Alighieri #poem #literature #art #history

The feelings that art evokes are often universal. The Italian poet Dante’s descriptions of the perfect ascent and return to the heavenly realm in the "Paradiso" of his "Divine Comedy" bear a striking resemblance to the way the German composer Beethoven conveys similar themes in the fourth movement of his "The Ninth Symphony" through musical language.