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9TH DAY | 7TH TALE, 1985 AQUATINT - AQUAFORTE HAND COLORED 21X29 CM. | 8½X11½ IN. IMAGE SIZE.
ART AND ARTISTS 9TH DAY | 10TH TALE, 1985 AQUATINT - AQUAFORTE HAND COLORED 21X29 CM. | 8½X11½ IN. IMAGE SIZE.
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PETRU RUSSU
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden
www.artaddiction.net/Graphic/Petru-Rusu/Petru-Rusu.htm

The Decameron and painting
(https://sites.google.com/site/eldecamerondegiovanniboccaccio/5-2-el-decameron-y-la-pintura). Filippino Lippi and Carpaccio also reinterpreted the Decameron. It
Sandro Botticelli, Italian Quattrocento painter, painted several pictures stands out: the famous painting by John William Waterhouse, A Tale
illustrating stories of the Decameron. History Nastgio degli Onesti is from Decameron.In ancient castles Italian frescoes illustrating the
the most praised, illustrates the fifth story of the Fourth Day (Hell of Decamerón decorating the rooms, in the exterior walls of a house of
cruel lovers) in which a young man in love with a lady but unrequited, Stein am Rhein in Canton Sciaffusa and as decoration of Renaissance
viewed as a gentleman and two mastiffs chasing a young gentleman furniture. They have also made numerous illustrated editions of the
gives his heart to feed the dogs. Tables decorated a chest wedding are Decameron, as the magnificent Celedonio Perellón more than one
made with mixed media on board and are of 1483, of the Florentine hundred etchings and illustrations of the artist. Some contemporary
school. They are exposed in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. artists like Dali, Manzù, Guttuso, Chagall, Masuo Ikeda or Petru Russu
Other artists like Pisanello, Pesellino, Signorelli, Ghirlandaio, were inspired by the text to create some of his compositions.

Ninth Day, Seventh Story
Tala n o is m arrie d to a b e au t if ul b u t unp l e as a n t wo m a n na m e d
Margarita. One night he dreams a wolf tears out her throat.
When he wakes, he warns his wife about his dream. She ignores him
and is attacked by a wolf. Although she is saved by shepherds, her
beauty has been destroyed by the attack.

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