Day 3 Royalty (Star and Moon),
aka Decameron Rapunzel AU. SQ scorned a suitor too many, leading to a situation. His majesty the prince YWS might make a contribution...
Aquarels & gouache on too small paper (they are tiny😭)

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John William Waterhouse born in 1849, the painting depicts the Italian a group of young people who fled to the countryside to escape the plague in Florence in 1348, amuse themselves by Some things never change!

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"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" (Keats)

latecomer J.W. Waterhouse was baptised 1849 in Rome

Naiad (1893)
Echo & Narcissus (1903)
The Sorceress (1911)
A Tale from the Decameron (1916)

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"Nastagio Degli Onesti", Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510), Italian

Nastagio degli Onesti is the protagonist in one of the one hundred short stories contained in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

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masterpiece is Written in 1350 the book contains 100 tales told by a group of young people that found shelter in a villa outside Florence to escape the Black Death, the global pandemic that from an outbreak in the East, spread to Europe in the 1300s century

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Nothing brings people together like arts and culture. and find a way back to our friends and family and all the things we love.
Find out how here: https://t.co/fm81BzXJna

“A Tale from the Decameron” by John William Waterhouse (1915-16)

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There's so many... I've chosen three.

1st is my og oc, Rune Dahakoan, he's an Eldritch Knight/ Silver Dragon sorcerer.

2nd is my earth genasi Sun Soul monk, Jasper Decameron

And 3rd is my aasimar Order cleric Illucien Voldient

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For we're delving into our for illicit treasures.
The Decameron (Italian folktales) by Boccaccio (1313-1375) was banned by Catholic Church & the U.S. til 1930s.
Title page (1548ed), The Frolicsome Physician & The Abbot's Plot (1840ed).

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