As part of the UCD Foundation for Italian Studies series, Nature and Art in Dante includes the following topics: art, arte, artistry, and the artist * Dante as late Gothic: the artistry of color and detail in the Commedia * 'Quando Amor mi spira': inspiration and art in Purgatorio * notes on nature and art in the earthly paradise * Dante and epic: the artist as hero * art and nature put to scorn: on the sacramental in Dante's Purgatorio * divine and natural artistry in the Commedia * reason, poetry, and theology: 'Vernacularity' in Dante and Aquinas (Series: UCD Foundation for Italian Studies)