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Paolo and Francesca. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849, Watercolor. Tate Gallery. (Nassar, 1994.). Note the book in Francesca's lap. This is a remarkably calm piece, and it carrys a kind of timelessness in the moment of the kiss and the ensuing eternity in the circle of the lustful. Also note that Dante looks at the moment of the kiss and Virgil looks at the couple floating in the wind. |