What is this picture saying to you?,look at it closely!,what does it say to you?, how does it make you feel?.
The dramatic painting is by William Adolphe Bouguereau {18:25 19:05}
Painted in 18:50 it depicts the two poets Dante and Virgil as Virgil guides Dante through the 5th of the 9 circles of Hell.
They are standing by the river Styx,where the souls of the Wrathful and Sullen are punished.
The Wrathful souls spend eternity viciously attacking each other while beneath the surface of the foul river are the souls of the Sullen,those who shut out the light of the sun from their lives,they forever suffer in the darkest place in Hell.
And so the tortured Sullen souls sing and repeat this lament for eternity.
Sullen we were in the air made sweet by the Sun,
in the glory of his shining our hearts poured a bitter smoke.
Sullen were we begun,sullen we lie forever in this ditch.
