For those who don’t know in southern Italian culture Sicily more specifically basil is commonly planted in Moor's heads pots. The story behind this is because a Sicilian woman who’s lover was a moorish man. When the Sicilian woman found out her lover had a wife and family she decapitated him and planted basil seeds in his head and watered it with her tears to cover up his murder 😅. So that’s is the True origins of the moors head planters (Teste di Moro). I don’t know about the history behind the artist and this painting, but this is the real origins of the basal plant being planted in moors head pots.
I’m Italian and I literally read it today at school it is so romantic and dramatic at the same time 😢 the writer is Boccaccio and the story from the Decameron
In case anyone is wondering basil is considered a plant of love and in Italy it was very common for a woman to plant it and where she placed it reflected things about her love life and availability so planting his remains is basil is basically sending the message that her love is with him even in his death
Ohhh THATS why in a lot of ‘elixers’ & what not mention basil as much as they do roses…I always wondered that. Roses I could understand, cinnamon I could gather…or felt like I could pretty much figure that out… but I always wondered “….. Basil?!”
@@nellie825why was it something that touched you emotionally? I'm always interested in hearing everyones explanations as to why they feel a certain way when looking at a specific painting etc
People, one thing is Truth. We don't know. I believe married couples came to an understanding unless the men were trained to only hurt the women and the women submitted. Some knew no better and it's what they expected. Others weren't trained and found their own ways which were natural and satisfying. It surely wasn't something that was written down or talked about or talked about at the family dining table.
dude thats always been one of my favorites :,) i love saturn / cronos so much and its always made me feel so disturbed i love it. crazy to hear others experiences with it
@@elai95 Ib has a song called "Old Puppet" which sounds super similar. Tbh I thought they were the same song when I listened to them at first. EDIT: I'm silly. Apparently they are the same song with different title.
Here's a brief summary of "The Pot of Basil": Isabella, a beautiful young woman, falls deeply in love with Lorenzo, one of her brothers' friends. They secretly meet and express their love for each other, but Isabella's brothers are against their relationship due to Lorenzo's lower social status. To keep them apart, the brothers murder Lorenzo and bury his body in a forest. Isabella is heartbroken and mourns Lorenzo's death. One night, Lorenzo's ghost appears to her in a dream and reveals the location of his grave. Isabella finds Lorenzo's body and retrieves his head, which she buries in a pot of basil. She waters the plant with her tears, and the basil grows lush and fragrant, symbolizing her undying love for Lorenzo. The poem portrays themes of love, betrayal, grief, and the power of memory. It's a tragic yet poignant tale of a love thwarted by societal barriers and familial opposition.
And men too, men were tortured by premature death as seen in this video. And women mostly have to live out the pain till old age. Both sucks tbh, thank god I was born when law and equality exist 😢
@@yeyosilver7067 a woman harmlessly pointing out that other women's suffering pains her deeply. this person: "bUt mEn aRE tHe MaIn vIcTIm" Before you lots with *room temperature IQ* start coming at me with how "men are suffering" please please please know that I was replying to an annoying person who has now since deleted their comment. They were the one to first bring up male and female suffering as if it's a competition, I was trying to show how stupid their point sounds. LEAVE ME ALONE SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT OMGGG
I’m Italian and we study this story in Italian class. You should read it, it’s from the “Decameron”, written by Giovanni Boccaccio. Like the painting affected you, so will the story. Trust me.
the first piece of art that brought tears to my eyes out of fear was The Hands Resist Him by Bill Stoneham. i was so deeply unsettled by the imagery yet comforted by the warm colors and bright sunlight. i was so overwhelmed i just started to cry even though i wasn’t sad. tears just fell for no reason. no other painting has done that for me especially not when i just saw the picture online.
Honestly, I felt disturbed but also missable. When I was a child in elementary school, we had a painter come to school, and he met with a few students who participated in a painting competition, I was one of them. He was a really nice guy, he told me that there was an italian painting called Isabella (for context that's my name) and I never really searched for it because I wasn't that curious. But I feel like this was the painting he talked about. Is not a BIG thing, but it was kinda wholesome for me. I'm a college student, so it has been a while since then.
Mine is Guido Reno’s Beatrice Cenci. She knows her freedom will cost her life, but she’s calm because she has exercised the only measure of control available to her. I know an SA survivor who put her popular attacker in jail and faced a great deal of hate for it, and she has those same eyes, across almost 500 years. Sometimes an artist just gets the human experience absolutely right.
It was attributed to Guido Reno but now it's Ginerva Cantofoli! - I think that's why the eyes are so capticlcating, because they were painted by a woman who most likely knows what they should show...
I just finished studying Boccaccio and this one is my favourite Novella from the Decameron. The Brothers indifference and aggresivness towards Lisabetta, the lack of communication between them and the bitter sweet ending, cheff kisses.
When we studied the Decameron, we had to choose a story and tell it to the class. I read a few before choosing and came across this exact one. So if anyone is wondering, the story is from Giovanni Boccaccio's book Decameron. 😊
Goya's "Saturn Consuming His Children" always struck me in some way. About how literally the person that is supposed to protect and care for you in your infancy can become a great and terrible monster.
Yes, I have this as my lockscreen. It's just something in his eyes, wide open as if in fear, horror and/disbelief, crouched in a dark place. Clutching the half eaten body of his child that is destined to presumably kill him. Mouth open as if a photo captured in motion, he's eating his child fast. I'm not well versed on roman/greek mythology but It's just this painting is different... The way the painting was found, where it was, the state of the painter when this was painted, and the story of the painting.
@@JJ-il3do In Roman mythology he ate his children immediately after they were born -- yes, because of a prophecy that one would kill him. Unable to bear seeing yet another of her infants consumed, his wife hid the last + gave Saturn a stone wrapped in swaddling instead. The child grew up, + killed his father in revenge. So the prophecy was correct. But only because Saturn in his fear made it so.
I find it very interesting that Google blurs the image of that painting unless you acknowledge it's "disturbing to some viewers ". That's rich considering all the trash that's on Google they don't censor.
The imagery immediately makes me think of a parent sexually abusing their own child. The parent’s face is wild with hunger and depravity as the child is helplessly devoured.
Beautiful way to encourage others to realize classic paintings were not only beautiful but told stories familiar to the time period! Your remind us of 'Sister Wendy'! Thank you...❤
I think that one painting i think about Ivan the terrible and his son where he accidentally kills his son out of anger then realized what he had done. The fear,sadness, and regrets he shows on his face is beautiful artwork but heartbreaking story.
This might be off topic.. but smalls details like the texture of the dress are simply mind-blowing! I wonder just what techniques would get you such perfect color and texture, since one gripe I have about paint is that it's very, very hard to do details unless you're creative with the tools. I love paintings like this!
@@sandrac8770 mhm! It's the fact that, just from one glance I knew it was linen. But that is very hard to show in paint! Even if you use actual linen to dab it onto the canvas, it doesn't explain such a feeling of cleanliness of the fabric itself since using real linen would actually mess up the details more I think.
Me too! For me, it was the flesh tones of her feet against the wood and patterns on the stand she’s leaning against… Now I feel like one of those weird feet people.
This is one of the stories of the Decameron, a collection of stories written by Giovanni Boccaccio an Italian author which envisioned ten young men and women who are secluded in a country home to avoid the plague and decide to write stories to pass the time, ten stories a day for ten days, each day tackling a new argument. If this sounded interesting I strongly suggest to give it a read, the stories are all Incredibles in my opinion and have made Boccaccio one of the most revered writers in Italian history.
The one that always got me was the painting of Ivan the Terrible when he struck his son in the head with his cane to hard you can see the regret in his eyes
@@megangroah4822 The full title of the art is quite literally "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581". So you weren't that far off lol
What a gorgeous painting. Her hair looks so lush like I could feel it. That’s my favourite thing, when paintings aren’t 100% realistic, but have one aspect that looks so real it’s almost tangible
I read this story a bit ago! I think Hans Christian Anderson wrote one like it, except instead of her lover telling her he was dead, a rose fairy whispered to her in her dreams of what happened.
There are a few paintings that are quite powerful, of those I have seen probably the one I found pulling some chords in my soul is the Execution of Torrijos. The many differences in emotions with people meeting their ultimate end is touching.
Some stories have really sad endings that disturb even the man who write it .. But sometimes the beauty of ended love stories are more beautiful than the completed stories❤😮
Pre-Raphaelites were very academic, this is from The Decameron which inspired a poem by John Keats. There is often a tie to British literature like that so someone at the time that was well heeled would completely get it.
The painting I've always felt moved by is the Unfinished Painting by Keith Haring. As a young LGBTQ boy thinking of all those wonderful lives cut short by the AIDS crisis makes me cry every time
@@joyboy4549because lived experience effects how you interact with the world. He’s explaining that the paintings subject matter was especially affecting to him because of his identity. Like a military veteran being moved by art about a soldier, or a woman being moved by art about a mother and her daughter.
There’s just something so beautiful about this, I adore the sentimental nature. Just cradling in your arms of the remaining crumbs of what was unjustly taken from you. Much like a child mourning the loss of their most cherished possession that their existence revolved around. Maybe I just relate heavily because growing up I had every little thing always taken and destroyed. At some point my humanity was taken from me and I am just a hollow shell at my core. I don’t have anything inside me and I’m stuck filling the chronic emptiness and void within me with superficial shallow pleasures in life, endlessly. I can still remember what is was like before I became this way forever. I remember what it was like to place sentimental value in something. What it was like to care about anything. This has a sort of childish nature to it, and I like that.
Start to give now to your inner child and cherish the small things that touch your soul and give you pleasure. No locking Goldilocks away in secret rooms, but paintings or statues and recordings. Your special place.
My favourite painting. It’s in our local gallery- the Laing Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and I have seen it many many times. The details in this painting are totally beautiful
"art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."
wow. i like this quote. who said it?
@@varena04 Cesar A. Cruz, I like your pfp btw!
@@mayomayo4607 oh thank you!!! :D
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@@varena04Jesus is coming back. Believe He died for your sins and rose again then repent to be saved.
This painting is based off “the pot of basil/ Isabella”, a poem by the Romantic poet John Keats if anyone is interested in the full story.
Keat's poem is based off a short story written by the italian novelist Boccaccio in the 1300
oh no it’s boccaccio, decameron
Boccaccio 🙌
I ran to the comments to sing the praises of Boccaccio but I see I’ve been beaten😢
To Lord Byron,
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter 💕🥂🎀
Knowing backstories to artworks sure can change the whole viewing experience
totally agree but some artworks in museum or gallery didnt have any info or credit . what a miss 😢
@@roseberrygamingid I agree as well
Seriously they limit the real fun by not depicting the backstory.
Fr. Cottagecore italian sis became gothic horror italian sis.
Vague similarity to seeing a fanart before knowing the story & after
For those who don’t know in southern Italian culture Sicily more specifically basil is commonly planted in Moor's heads pots. The story behind this is because a Sicilian woman who’s lover was a moorish man. When the Sicilian woman found out her lover had a wife and family she decapitated him and planted basil seeds in his head and watered it with her tears to cover up his murder 😅. So that’s is the True origins of the moors head planters (Teste di Moro). I don’t know about the history behind the artist and this painting, but this is the real origins of the basal plant being planted in moors head pots.
Non conoscevo questa storia. Grazie
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💐Thank you!
Quindi hanno cambiato la storia?
What the FUCK
I’m Italian and I literally read it today at school it is so romantic and dramatic at the same time 😢 the writer is Boccaccio and the story from the Decameron
Thank you for sharing the book name. I’ll be sure to treasure the beauty of the story.
Omg i heard the book name and author !!!! Damn
I KNEW I REMEMBERED THIS FROM SOMEWHERE
I read this for a class & that book is filled with interesting stories.
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In case anyone is wondering basil is considered a plant of love and in Italy it was very common for a woman to plant it and where she placed it reflected things about her love life and availability so planting his remains is basil is basically sending the message that her love is with him even in his death
Wow! Ty for the info it rlly helps understand the story a lil bit more!!
Thank you for that cultural background
Basil in Hindi is called Tulsi and has a big cultural and religious significance in India. You will find Tulsi in almost every household in India.
Ohhh THATS why in a lot of ‘elixers’ & what not mention basil as much as they do roses…I always wondered that.
Roses I could understand, cinnamon I could gather…or felt like I could pretty much figure that out… but I always wondered “….. Basil?!”
Wow that’s fucking incredible ❤😢❤
I think the “Saturn Devouring His Son” painting was the first to have some sort of effect on me. The painting is even more haunting in real life.
Personally it's the one where Ivan the Terrible holds his son's body after killing him
Why, if I may ask? @AmnesiaDear
@@nellie825why was it something that touched you emotionally? I'm always interested in hearing everyones explanations as to why they feel a certain way when looking at a specific painting etc
People, one thing is Truth. We don't know. I believe married couples came to an understanding unless the men were trained to only hurt the women and the women submitted. Some knew no better and it's what they expected. Others weren't trained and found their own ways which were natural and satisfying. It surely wasn't something that was written down or talked about or talked about at the family dining table.
dude thats always been one of my favorites :,) i love saturn / cronos so much and its always made me feel so disturbed i love it. crazy to hear others experiences with it
The painting that affected me was "Ivan the terrible and his son". You can see such emotion in his eyes that you can almost feel the regret
For anyone wondering what the song is called it's "Old Doll" from the video game -Mad Father.
Thats why its familiar. I was thinking it was Ib
@@elai95 Ib has a song called "Old Puppet" which sounds super similar. Tbh I thought they were the same song when I listened to them at first. EDIT: I'm silly. Apparently they are the same song with different title.
Ur right, my Shazam brought the wrong song. Thx for sharing ❤️
I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS!! 🩷 I also think it was used in ib
Its the same song from IB called old puppet.
Here's a brief summary of "The Pot of Basil":
Isabella, a beautiful young woman, falls deeply in love with Lorenzo, one of her brothers' friends. They secretly meet and express their love for each other, but Isabella's brothers are against their relationship due to Lorenzo's lower social status.
To keep them apart, the brothers murder Lorenzo and bury his body in a forest. Isabella is heartbroken and mourns Lorenzo's death. One night, Lorenzo's ghost appears to her in a dream and reveals the location of his grave.
Isabella finds Lorenzo's body and retrieves his head, which she buries in a pot of basil. She waters the plant with her tears, and the basil grows lush and fragrant, symbolizing her undying love for Lorenzo.
The poem portrays themes of love, betrayal, grief, and the power of memory. It's a tragic yet poignant tale of a love thwarted by societal barriers and familial opposition.
is it a true story or fictional?
Straight out of chatgpt 💀
@@WitchyBlueMoonlightIt’s still cute nonetheless.
@@WitchyBlueMoonlight yeah fr + the story was already in the video lol
@@shxuoa5741it’s based on the poem by John Keats called “The Pot Of Basil”
Damn the look on her clearly tells how much affected she is...
I love this page... it had opened up a new appreciation for art and history..
The unhappy marriage and death of Ophelia always get me.
Something about women's tragedy that rips out my heart every time.
Is ghat the unequal marriage? If so, i agree. Incredibly tragic.
probably because women have been victims of our own circumstance since the dawn of time
And men too, men were tortured by premature death as seen in this video. And women mostly have to live out the pain till old age. Both sucks tbh, thank god I was born when law and equality exist 😢
People*@@babysam3768
@@yeyosilver7067 a woman harmlessly pointing out that other women's suffering pains her deeply.
this person: "bUt mEn aRE tHe MaIn vIcTIm"
Before you lots with *room temperature IQ* start coming at me with how "men are suffering" please please please know that I was replying to an annoying person who has now since deleted their comment.
They were the one to first bring up male and female suffering as if it's a competition, I was trying to show how stupid their point sounds. LEAVE ME ALONE SINCE YOU DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT OMGGG
It's disturbing how many of these great paintings have horrifying backstories
One picture a million words
kinda hard to hold interest if ur conveying "everything was fine, everything is still ok". lol
@@JessDougie-ro2hl I would say most people have no idea about the backstories
It's a normal story, not a backstory, it is based on a poem
Every time I see one of these videos of a sad painting all I can say after it’s over is “Damn.”
I’m Italian and we study this story in Italian class. You should read it, it’s from the “Decameron”, written by Giovanni Boccaccio. Like the painting affected you, so will the story. Trust me.
The one painting that has affected me, was the marriage one with the girl and the old man. I don't remember the name, but it always saddened me
I think you're talking about the unhappy marriage
Unequal Marriage by Vasili Pukirev?
The elderly woman in the back who is either the ghost of his former wife or the girl's future self always gets me.
Fun fact, their age has nothing to do with the work
I believe that the artist even put himself in the painting as a man she was supposed to marry… Might be wrong though.
the first piece of art that brought tears to my eyes out of fear was The Hands Resist Him by Bill Stoneham. i was so deeply unsettled by the imagery yet comforted by the warm colors and bright sunlight. i was so overwhelmed i just started to cry even though i wasn’t sad. tears just fell for no reason. no other painting has done that for me especially not when i just saw the picture online.
What is the background of the painting I search it up and I was so creep out by it I couldn’t even look it was so eerie
@@d.g1999the little boy is to be guided by the doll out of his word of childlike fantasy and into the real world with real possibilities aka hands.
Same! @@d.g1999.. to abyone curious do NOT google it... It is really creepy
Isn't that believed to be haunted?
@@aaradhya7779I read the Telegraph UK article that interviewed the artist. Its not haunted, but the artist has fun with that concept
this girl in every one of her videos: “i’m never affected by a painting”
Honestly, I felt disturbed but also missable. When I was a child in elementary school, we had a painter come to school, and he met with a few students who participated in a painting competition, I was one of them. He was a really nice guy, he told me that there was an italian painting called Isabella (for context that's my name) and I never really searched for it because I wasn't that curious. But I feel like this was the painting he talked about. Is not a BIG thing, but it was kinda wholesome for me. I'm a college student, so it has been a while since then.
Mine is Guido Reno’s Beatrice Cenci. She knows her freedom will cost her life, but she’s calm because she has exercised the only measure of control available to her. I know an SA survivor who put her popular attacker in jail and faced a great deal of hate for it, and she has those same eyes, across almost 500 years. Sometimes an artist just gets the human experience absolutely right.
It was attributed to Guido Reno but now it's Ginerva Cantofoli! - I think that's why the eyes are so capticlcating, because they were painted by a woman who most likely knows what they should show...
@@lemonlime257 Oh, wow, I had no idea-thank you so much for sharing that!
I just finished studying Boccaccio and this one is my favourite Novella from the Decameron. The Brothers indifference and aggresivness towards Lisabetta, the lack of communication between them and the bitter sweet ending, cheff kisses.
This is my favorite too!!
Bloody men ruling womansove life again!!
I had a book growing up about Pre-Raphaelite art that I’d carry around with me everywhere, this was one of my favourite paintings in the book
This is a great way to intraduce paintings, thank you!
She looks exactly like the lady in the painting
İ was looking for that comment 😄🤝🏻
I said the exact same thing lol
Maybe Isabelle has come to find her lorenzo in this lifetime
Now this scared me more
I was talking the same thing😂😂
Usatemi come tasto "ho fatto le superiori in Italia quindi so che è basato su una novella del Decameron"
io che devo studiare un manuale intero + 3 libri interi come ultimo esame dell’università altrimenti non me laureo 😅
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Creepy, disturbing, loving, wholesome all at the same time
the number of paintings i've cried in front of is alarming tbh
When we studied the Decameron, we had to choose a story and tell it to the class. I read a few before choosing and came across this exact one.
So if anyone is wondering, the story is from Giovanni Boccaccio's book Decameron. 😊
Thanks
Thanks! 🙏
The moment I saw name Lorenzo and Isabella I thought of it😅
@@anarotnik4567 me too.
Wasn't she named "Elisabetta"?
Anyways, are you italian? We study the Decameron in schools here in Italy
My favourite painting of all time. I'm so lucky to be able to go and sit in front of her whenever I like and have done since I was a little girl 💚💚💚💚
Where is it?
What museum it is in please ? Do you live nearby ?
@@freaxfilmLaing Gallery of Newcastle!
Artists really have a way of portraying horror and disturbance into beauty and elegance
How much basil leaves grown-up means how much she cried 😢😢
Goya's "Saturn Consuming His Children" always struck me in some way. About how literally the person that is supposed to protect and care for you in your infancy can become a great and terrible monster.
Yes, I have this as my lockscreen. It's just something in his eyes, wide open as if in fear, horror and/disbelief, crouched in a dark place. Clutching the half eaten body of his child that is destined to presumably kill him. Mouth open as if a photo captured in motion, he's eating his child fast. I'm not well versed on roman/greek mythology but It's just this painting is different... The way the painting was found, where it was, the state of the painter when this was painted, and the story of the painting.
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@@JJ-il3do In Roman mythology he ate his children immediately after they were born -- yes, because of a prophecy that one would kill him. Unable to bear seeing yet another of her infants consumed, his wife hid the last + gave Saturn a stone wrapped in swaddling instead. The child grew up, + killed his father in revenge.
So the prophecy was correct. But only because Saturn in his fear made it so.
I find it very interesting that Google blurs the image of that painting unless you acknowledge it's "disturbing to some viewers ". That's rich considering all the trash that's on Google they don't censor.
The imagery immediately makes me think of a parent sexually abusing their own child. The parent’s face is wild with hunger and depravity as the child is helplessly devoured.
Beautiful way to encourage others to realize classic paintings were not only beautiful but told stories familiar to the time period!
Your remind us of 'Sister Wendy'!
Thank you...❤
Sister Wendy! Was she the nun who would explain the art pieces?
@@kayekaye251Yes!
The details in the paintings are astounding ! Absolutely stunning ! 😲❤❤👍🏻🙏🏻
I love reading the bits of info you provide for each piece. It allows me to better understand and view a piece more completely. Thank you!❤❤
I think that one painting i think about Ivan the terrible and his son where he accidentally kills his son out of anger then realized what he had done. The fear,sadness, and regrets he shows on his face is beautiful artwork but heartbreaking story.
This might be off topic.. but smalls details like the texture of the dress are simply mind-blowing! I wonder just what techniques would get you such perfect color and texture, since one gripe I have about paint is that it's very, very hard to do details unless you're creative with the tools. I love paintings like this!
My answer would be linen material, but I'm sure you are asking about paint or paint technique
@@sandrac8770 mhm! It's the fact that, just from one glance I knew it was linen. But that is very hard to show in paint! Even if you use actual linen to dab it onto the canvas, it doesn't explain such a feeling of cleanliness of the fabric itself since using real linen would actually mess up the details more I think.
Me too! For me, it was the flesh tones of her feet against the wood and patterns on the stand she’s leaning against… Now I feel like one of those weird feet people.
Of all the classes I took in college, art history was the coolest.
This is one of the stories of the Decameron, a collection of stories written by Giovanni Boccaccio an Italian author which envisioned ten young men and women who are secluded in a country home to avoid the plague and decide to write stories to pass the time, ten stories a day for ten days, each day tackling a new argument. If this sounded interesting I strongly suggest to give it a read, the stories are all Incredibles in my opinion and have made Boccaccio one of the most revered writers in Italian history.
I studied this story at school 😂 Italians can relate
esattooo ci ho pensato subito anche se l'ho studiata anni fa perché mi è rimasta impressa
@@em-db4hr la storia era molto strana ed interessante nello stesso tempo
Ero sicura di averla studiata a scuola ma avevo un vuoto di memoria per quando riguardasse l'opera lol
Thank you for introducing me to this painting.
The fact that she looks exactly same as the lady that is there in the painting 😮
The painting captures the complexity of her expression so well… Amazing work
Mad Father playing in the background, holy shit what a throwback
The one that always got me was the painting of Ivan the Terrible when he struck his son in the head with his cane to hard you can see the regret in his eyes
The one where he's holding his son in his arm and looks soo terribly heartwretched? while the son is dead?
@@LilienNacht YEA THATS IT! I don’t remember the name tho💀
@@megangroah4822 The full title of the art is quite literally "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581". So you weren't that far off lol
@@pusillirex Oh 😭
For a person who has had a lot of tragic relationships, I feel comfortable 😌
I was trying to figure out what this painting was FOR THE LONGEST! 😂 there was always the image but I couldn’t find it, whew the relief. Thank you
What a gorgeous painting. Her hair looks so lush like I could feel it. That’s my favourite thing, when paintings aren’t 100% realistic, but have one aspect that looks so real it’s almost tangible
I read this story a bit ago! I think Hans Christian Anderson wrote one like it, except instead of her lover telling her he was dead, a rose fairy whispered to her in her dreams of what happened.
Nope. The original story comes from the short story of Giovanni Boccaccio "Lisabetta from Messina". The story is pretty similiar.
Oh my gosh I didn't know there were so many sad stories behind all this art
i wish i could paint like this… so beautiful
That is morbidly beautiful
It’s a 1300 novella from an Italian author, Boccaccio. Her name was Lisabetta in the medieval version.
This painting is off the goddam world, look at that detailing, find textures and those expression, a true genius.
Dang I just remembered studying this poem/story in year 8.... Unlocked that memory
i’ve seen that painting in person- it’s gorgeous
Please, who is the artist who painted it, and what's the painting title?
@@OTTAOTTA64 it's Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt :) i saw it at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco
One that has affected many people is the ones that got someone rejected from art school.
😂. ⚡⚡☠️⚡⚡. 😅
When we say fund the arts they never listen. Everyone should always be admitted. We never learn
There are a few paintings that are quite powerful, of those I have seen probably the one I found pulling some chords in my soul is the Execution of Torrijos. The many differences in emotions with people meeting their ultimate end is touching.
Pre Raphaelite is probably my favourite genre of art. ❤
This painting is based on a short story of the Decameron by Boccaccio (never felt more proud of being Italian lmao)
Song: Old Doll by Mad father
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Finally... Thank you!!
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These medieval love stories are too intense for me
Thank you, beautiful and wise people, to share all those details with the rest of us.
It’s so sad, but so beautiful in many ways
Okay cheekbones!!! She said runway model with that facial structure
For real, I'm thinking she's the woman in the painting come to life, looking at herself and one of her past lives.
Wtf 💀
Some stories have really sad endings that disturb even the man who write it .. But sometimes the beauty of ended love stories are more beautiful than the completed stories❤😮
The artist’s detail is outstanding. The wetness of her cheek from tears, the way her dress flows so beautifully. I could go on and on.
Paintings always have these sorts of dark or double meanings behind them... sometimes haunting... sometimes astonishing...
Pre-Raphaelites were very academic, this is from The Decameron which inspired a poem by John Keats. There is often a tie to British literature like that so someone at the time that was well heeled would completely get it.
I remember bearing of this story. Was there not a fairy in a rosebush as well?
Hans Christian Anderson's version, yes.
I remember this version too!!!
I had a book full of short horror stories called "even more chills thrills and frights" that was really good and had this one.
I was just about to mention that, I read that one too! Had weird dreams about it, though. I did read it rather young.
@@Alexandre0903me too, I had it when I was around 9-10 i beleive
Love learning cool random things like this
I would love to see all your paintings please
Holy fuckin shite that was _definitely doing something to my heart_
Oh my goodness! What a story and what a painting! Such melancholic beauty 💔 🌺
I love how artists tell stories with paintings.
Wow a lot of coolness on all these paintings
Wonderful piece of art, the detail in all of it is staggering, but that cabinet is just stunning 🖤
she look so much like me, it’s as if I’m her in that moment. it hurts to think of that
This painting was beautiful until i made it and got to know the backstory.... It gives me nightmares till now
The detail in that artwork 😮. AMAZING!!!!! 😍😍😍
The painting I've always felt moved by is the Unfinished Painting by Keith Haring. As a young LGBTQ boy thinking of all those wonderful lives cut short by the AIDS crisis makes me cry every time
Why do every lgbt always feel the need to constantly talks about lgbt ? It’s no rude, just a question.
"Lgbtq" does not exist. You have no leaders, and you don't agree amongst yourselves.
@@joyboy4549because lived experience effects how you interact with the world. He’s explaining that the paintings subject matter was especially affecting to him because of his identity. Like a military veteran being moved by art about a soldier, or a woman being moved by art about a mother and her daughter.
this painting is gorgeous in person!!
u have pure eyes ❤
Fascinating content, please keep it up
You could have been the model for this Mae … you and Isabella are so similar and so lovely .
Yeah, i thought so too
I remember when I first read about this in middle school, while studying the decameron, it's still in my mind
I love this channel. Thank you for the great content.
There’s just something so beautiful about this, I adore the sentimental nature. Just cradling in your arms of the remaining crumbs of what was unjustly taken from you. Much like a child mourning the loss of their most cherished possession that their existence revolved around.
Maybe I just relate heavily because growing up I had every little thing always taken and destroyed. At some point my humanity was taken from me and I am just a hollow shell at my core. I don’t have anything inside me and I’m stuck filling the chronic emptiness and void within me with superficial shallow pleasures in life, endlessly.
I can still remember what is was like before I became this way forever. I remember what it was like to place sentimental value in something.
What it was like to care about anything. This has a sort of childish nature to it, and I like that.
Start to give now to your inner child and cherish the small things that touch your soul and give you pleasure.
No locking Goldilocks away in secret rooms, but paintings or statues and recordings. Your special place.
That's so dark, and such a beautiful painting.
Beautiful painting… sad story
The way the fabric of her garment has been drawn 👌
Yay got to see this one live!
This is actually great. I like learning like this. I'd also appreciate if you make longer videos explaining paintings. Keep up the good work!!!!!!
That is so disturbingly beautiful.. i love it 😭💔
That level of love is honestly terrifying and I don’t believe I’d deserve it.
I want to see all the paintings please. Thank you so much
All art has a backstory. And finding out what it is makes it unique. ❤❤❤
Such a usual plot for folklore. There's a fairytale in Slavic folklore, that we use to read in kindergarten.
Only painter of our time who can express such exuberent emotions with colors on a canvas is Majnu Bhai.
My favourite painting. It’s in our local gallery- the Laing Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne and I have seen it many many times.
The details in this painting are totally beautiful