Orlando’s fury
Orlando furioso is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The poem is about war and love and the romantic ideal of chivalry. It mixes realism and fantasy, humor and tragedy. The stage is the entire world, plus a trip to the Moon. The large cast of characters features Christians and Saracens, soldiers and sorcerers, and fantastic creatures including a gigantic sea monster called the Orc and a flying horse called the hippogriff. Many themes are interwoven in its complicated episodic structure, but the most important are the paladin Orlando’s unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica, which drives him mad; the love between the female Christian warrior Bradamante and the Saracen Ruggiero, who are supposed to be the ancestors of Ariosto’s patrons, the d’Este family of Ferrara; and the war between Christian and Infidel.
Etching, Watercolor
External: H38cm W28cm Watercolor: H20cm W13cm
150,00€
Piece available. Shipped within 3 working days.
Handmade
Each work is an etching painted in watercolor. Differences in color or tone between one work and another are the result of a completely manual procedure that helps to make each work unique. Each work is personally painted by Michele, as he likes to underline small differences in color or tonality between the various works not only as a result of a manual technique but also of the state of mind of him in the moment in which he paints.
Orlando’s fury
Orlando furioso is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The poem is about war and love and the romantic ideal of chivalry. It mixes realism and fantasy, humor and tragedy. The stage is the entire world, plus a trip to the Moon. The large cast of characters features Christians and Saracens, soldiers and sorcerers, and fantastic creatures including a gigantic sea monster called the Orc and a flying horse called the hippogriff. Many themes are interwoven in its complicated episodic structure, but the most important are the paladin Orlando’s unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica, which drives him mad; the love between the female Christian warrior Bradamante and the Saracen Ruggiero, who are supposed to be the ancestors of Ariosto’s patrons, the d’Este family of Ferrara; and the war between Christian and Infidel.
Etching, Watercolor
External: H38cm W28cm Watercolor: H20cm W13cm
Each work is an etching painted in watercolor. Differences in color or tone between one work and another are the result of a completely manual procedure that helps to make each work unique.
150,00€
Piece available. Shipped within 3 working days.