#paolo and francesca

[enchantedbook]

Study for Paolo and Francesca by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, c. 1885

#dante gabriel rossetti #illustration #paolo and francesca

[fishsticksart]

Francesca - Hozier

If someone asked me at the end, I'll tell them put me back in it

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#web weaving #web weave #web weavings #webweaving #hozier webweaving #hozier #hozier lyrics #francesca #francesca hozier #francesca da rimini #dantes inferno #paolo and francesca #you have no idea how insane this song makes me #first of all MY NAME IS LITERALLY FRANCESCA #LIKE HOZIER WROTE A SONG WITH MY NAME AND NOW I GET TO HEAR MY NAME IN INTERVIEWS??? #AND MY NAME WRITTEN IN HIS HANDWRITING?? HELLO INSANE #and then my second thought was when i realized since it was dantes inferno themed album it was probably in reference to -> #-> francesca da rimini and ding ding ding i was right #and i knew this cause im a complete nerd who reads Smithsonian articles for fun and there was one article about francesca and paolo #and thats actually where some of the art in this came from cause i went back to that article today #and i forgot that part about Tchaikovsky but it's actually really touching and fitting i felt like #its so cool how much art has been inspired by francesca and paolo for so long #and i just had to make this and i loved it cause its such an aching touching song that descends beauty #and the quotes from the inferno itself with francesca speaking were so beautiful #wow im such a nerd but i love it #shoutout to hozier once again for giving francesca and all francescas out there the recognition they deserve #OH AND ALSO I HAD TO PUT IN A CLASSIC Ivan Aivazovsky PAINTING #CAUSE THATS THE ONE THAT PEOPLE MISTAKE FOR GATHERING STORM BUT ITS DIFFERNT!!!!!!!!!!!! #CAUSE THIS ONE IS MORE ANGRY AND TURBULENT AND OMINOUS #WHICH DEFINETLY FITS THE STORM AND HURRICANE LYRIC I FEEL LIKE IDK I LOVE COMBINING MY NERDY ARTSY INTERESTS

[sex-death-rebirth]

The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil by Ary Scheffer, 1835

#paolo and francesca #dante alighieri #divine comedy #19th century art

[zegalba]

Roberto Ferri: 'Paolo and Francesca' (2021)

#Roberto Ferri #Paolo and Francesca #art #paintings #body #2021

[ungoliantschilde]

the Dante’s Inferno Portfolio, by Michael William Kaluta

Furies and Tombs of the Heretics

Dis, Styx, and Dame Fortune

the Gate of Hell

Nessus on the Shore of Phlegethon

Charon

Roosting Demons

Geryon

Paolo and Francesca

#Michael William Kaluta #Kaluta #Michael Kaluta #The Studio #Dante’s Inferno #Portfolio #the Dante’s Inferno Portfolio #Master Class #Comics #Art #Illustration #Christianity #Heaven and Hell #Paolo and Francesca #Charon

[szsariii19]

"Heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i" as in Paolo and Francesca are in hell for their love but at least they are together and they don't have any regrets because they still have each other even in hell and if they had the opportunity to live their lives again they "would do it again"

#god hozier is really sticking to this divine comedy theme #AND I EAT IT UP EVERY TIME #hozier #the divine comedy #paolo and francesca #francesca

[ocean-eyed-lovers]

Eremin Hell Aesthetic

#eremin #eren x armin #armin x eren #eren yeager #armin alert #snk #aesthetic #paolo and francesca #dante's inferno #hell #queue: eremin my beloved

[theantonian]

Death of Paolo and Francesca 1887 ca. | Oil painting on canvas Gaetano Previati

Dante's Inf. V tells the tragic love story of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta

Paolo Malatesta was the third son of the lord of Rimini, Malatesta da Verucchio. He was deemed by some to be a romantic sort, a man not really interested in the world around him, but there is evidence that he was indeed involved enough with the politics of the day to lend his sword arm in support of his father and his allies when needed. He was a handsome man with a winning nature. He was also married with children.

Francesca da Polenta (later Francesca da Rimini) was the beautiful young daughter of Guido, Lord of Ravenna, and as such, she was a valuable diplomatic pawn in the power games of Italian noblemen of the 13th century.

When Guido eventually found it expedient to make peace with his enemy, Malatesta da Verucchio, Paolo's father, he decided to seal the deal by marrying his daughter, Francesca, off to one of Malatesta's sons as a cunning political tie.

Unfortunately, his choice of husband had to be Malatesta's eldest son, Giovanni, who has been variously described as uncouth and deformed or crippled.

Guido realised that his romantic young daughter would not welcome such a man as her husband, so the handsome Paolo was invited to stand proxy for his brother at the wedding. Unfortunately, it would appear that no one told Francesca that Paolo was only the proxy.

Francesca had fallen instantly in love with the dashing Paolo and must have thought herself the luckiest girl in the world, so we can only imagine her feelings of horror when she awoke on the morning after her wedding night to find herself lying beside the 'deformed' Giovanni instead. Presumably it had been possible for the brothers to switch places in the darkened bedroom and the innocent Francesca had been cruelly duped.

One day the two were reading the tale of Guinevere and Lancelot, the Arthurian characters who succumb to their love for each other and engage in an extramarital affair that leads to the fall of Camelot. As Paolo and Francesca learned, how love had mastered Lancelot … they went pale, and caught each other’s glance. Coming to the part of the story where Guinevere finally gives in to Lancelot’s love for her, Paolo trembled to place his lips upon Francesca's mouth.

One day Giovanni found his wife's bedroom door locked and demanded to be admitted. He had been told of the affair by his servant and was determined to catch the lovers in flagrante. Paolo leapt towards a trapdoor in the floor as Francesca went to open the door and make her excuses for locking it.

However as she went to unlock the bedroom door she omitted to check that Paolo had actually made a clean getaway and closed the trapdoor behind him. Unfortunately his jacket had caught on the catch and he had been unable to free himself.

As soon as Giovanni came through the door he saw Paolo and ran at him with his rapier, despite the fact that it was his brother that he was about to kill. Francesca in a frenzy to save her lover threw herself in front of Giovanni's sword and was fatally stabbed. Giovanni, in his despair at inadvertently killing the woman he loved, withdrew his sword from her chest and then ran Paolo through with it, killing him instantly. It is said that the lovers were buried together.

#paolo malatesta #francesca da rimini #paolo and francesca #dantes inferno #dante alighieri #the divine comedy #literature #love #lovers #dark academia #gaetano previati #italian art #romanticism #19th century #art history #painting #oil on canvas #oil painting #art

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Gustave Doré - Paolo and Francesca in the whirlwind of lust and torture. Illustration from 'The Divine Comedy', 1861.

#Gustave Doré #Gustave Dore #paolo and francesca #whirlwind of lovers #hell #souls #dead #death #divine comedy #dante and virgil #underworld

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Illustration "Paolo and Francesca" from The Story of the World's Literature By John Macy. Illustrated by Onorio Ruotolo. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925.

#paolo and francesca #onorio ruotolo #books #literature #illustration #book illustration #dante #book #old books #detroit public library

[oncanvas]

Paolo and Francesca, Jan Bogaerts, 1902-07

Oil on canvas 101 x 150 cm (39 ¾ x 59 in.)

#art #painting #jan bogaerts #20th century #20th century art #1900s #oil #dutch #historical art #literary art #paolo and francesca

[asongforelriel]

Hi! Might I suggest a song? Francesca by Hozier gives me HUGE Elriel vibes :)

I heard it’s about a couple from Dante’s inferno that were condemned for being affair partners. However, hozier doesn’t vilify them but instead makes their love seem so strong and the speaker has no regrets. It reminds me a of Elriel because, while I don’t believe they are having an affair in any way, it represents acting outside of the path that was set for you. A love so strong you damn the consequences to be together.

Just some thoughts :)

Thank you for your suggestion!

I love Hozier and Dante’s Inferno (i’m so very italian in this Moment 😂) was one of my favorite works to study 🥹

This song was in my list already especially for The tragic and forbidden 😏 story of Paolo and Francesca

Yes it involves adultery BUT it was inevitabile for how their story began. I will put a small summary I found because I’m still not very Good with written English 😅

Francesca was the daughter of the lord of Ravenna, a city-state at war with Rimini, a rival power in northern Italy. To secure peace, Francesca’s father entered into an alliance with Rimini’s leaders, agreeing to marry his daughter to their heir apparent, Giovanni, who has been variously described as uncouth and deformed or crippled. The Francesca’s father was perceptive enough to realise that his romantic young daughter would not welcome such a man as her husband, so the handsome Paolo was invited to stand proxy for his brother at the wedding. Unfortunately, it would appear that no one told Francesca that Paolo was only the proxy. Francesca had fallen instantly in love with the dashing Paolo and must have thought herself the luckiest girl in the world, so we can only imagine her feelings of horror when she discovered the truth. Paolo and Francesca began an affair and when Giovanni discovered them, he killed them both in a rage.

So yes it has some very Elriel vibes (minus The tragic end I Hope!) I’ll leave a little of their quote from Dante’s Inferno its too beautiful 🥹

Love, that can quickly seize the gentle heart,

took hold of him because of the fair body

taken from me—how that was done still wounds me.

Love, that releases no beloved from loving,

took hold of me so strongly through his beauty

that, as you see, it has not left me yet.

[…]

One day, to pass the time away, we read

of Lancelot—how love had overcome him.

We were alone, and we suspected nothing.

And time and time again that reading led

our eyes to meet, and made our faces pale,

and yet one point alone defeated us.

When we had read how the desired smile

was kissed by one who was so true a lover,

this one, who never shall be parted from me,

while all his body trembled, kissed my mouth.

A Gallehault indeed, that book and he

who wrote it, too; that day we read no more.”

Ah to read a scene like this in their book 😍 my heart would not Be able to handle it 🥹

#elriel #elain x azriel #asongforelriel #pro elriel #paolo and francesca #parallels

[dooodle-bug]

Went a little bit too ham on the funny art project for my Italian culture class 😔

#its ok. i love you yummy pastels... <3 #bruhh i stayed up all night but its aight its not half bad 😌 #dante #dante alighieri #the divine comedy #dantes inferno #paolo and francesca #dooodle draws

[sex-death-rebirth]

The Lovers' Whirlwind by William Blake, 1820s

#william blake #divine comedy #paolo and francesca #dante alighieri

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

~ Sir Frank Dicksee, "Paolo and Francesca" (1894)

via wikimedia commons

#frank dicksee #paolo and francesca #dante's inferno #dante alighieri #art #fine art #art history #19th century art #19th century painting #19th century paintings #painting #paintings #victorian art #victorian painting #british art #british artist #english art #english artist #lovers in art #1890s #1890s art #e

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

I just found out that Hozier’s Francesca is about two forbidden lovers stuck in an eternal hurricane in the circle of Lust who, despite the storm making it nearly impossible, keep hold of each other for all of eternity, and I think I’m going to throw up

#it’s so romantic I can’t #paolo and francesca #francesca da rimini #hozier #unreal unearth #dante’s inferno #this is the pic in my copy of inferno so I’m using it but there’s a lot of art of them #also when dante hears their story he’s literally so bummed about how tragic it is that he faints so #you know #the og shipper