Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Gates of Hell, a monumental sculpture by Auguste Rodin, was commissioned in 1880. The work depicts a scene from Dante's Inferno, and its form was inspired by the bronze doors of the Baptistery in Florence, where Dante was baptised.Rodin would work on The Gates of Hell until his death, 37 years later, but would admit eventually that his designs had become "too distanced from reality", and ret…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05PM on November 3, 2012