The Gates of Hell is a monumental sculptural that was inspired by many things but one in particular was a scene from the Inferno, the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Rodin work on and off on this project for 37 years, until his death in 1917.Rodin pictured that people would walk toward the work, perhaps up a flight of stairs, and be overwhelmed frontally by the massive gates, similar to the experience of hell that Dante describes in his Inferno. Rodin stated that for a whole year he lived with Dante having him draw the eight circles of his inferno. I really liked how Rodin incorporated his original sculptures and others into this monument. All the sculptures show some emotion which I feel like goes with the theme of “The Gates of Hell”.
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