John William Waterhouse Essentials
Discover the essential books behind John William Waterhouse’s art, featuring Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron—a key influence on the Pre-Raphaelite painter’s most romantic and literary scenes.
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The Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio
Set against the backdrop of the fourteenth-century Black Death, an anthology of one hundred interlinked tales presents a variety of works recounted by the citizens of Florence--nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, philosophers, students, peasants, pilgrims, thieves, and others--who have fled the city to escape the plague.
