« L'Enchanteur Merlin », c. 1878

by Gustave Doré (French illustrator and painter, 1832-1883)
Engraving for "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto (c. 1516), traduction A.J. Du Pays, Hachette, 1879

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GustaveDore #neogothicism #romanticism #OrlandoFurioso #Ariosto #Merlin

« Ruggiero Riding The Hippogriff », c. 1878

by Gustave Doré (French illustrator and painter, 1832-1883)
Engraving for "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto (c. 1516), traduction A.J. Du Pays, Hachette, 1888

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #GustaveDore #neogothicism #romanticism #OrlandoFurioso #Ariosto #Ruggiero #hippogriff

📚✨ 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗶 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝗹’𝗢𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗼?

Dal 25 settembre la Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze lo racconta con la mostra "La biblioteca di Ariosto": edizioni rare, manoscritti e i modelli letterari che hanno fatto grande uno dei più grandi poemi cavallereschi della letteratura. 🏰

#Ariosto #OrlandoFurioso #Firenze #BNCF
@bibliotecanazionale

https://storiearcheostorie.com/2025/09/26/mostra-firenze-biblioteca-di-ariosto-orlando-furioso/

« Roger délivrant Angélique», 1819

by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French painter, 1780-1867)
After "Orlando Furioso" by l'Arioste, 1516
Oil on canvas, 147x190 cm, Louvre, Paris

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #Ingres #jeanaugustedominiqueingres #neoclacissism #neogothicism #romanticism #OrlandoFurioso #Ariosto #hippogriff #seamonster

Started reading #Dante's #DivinaCommedia the other day. So far cantos seem shorter and easier to read than #Ariosto's #OrlandoFurioso, which I finished earlier (but took me years of start-and-stop).

The edition I have is a nice one with the #Italian original and #Portuguese translation side by side. When I feel like it I can read a bit of Italian. Or when I'm in doubt about the sense of some phase.

#DivineComedy #books #reading

Something old, something new...

Two editions separated by geography, language and 123 years...

#Ariosto #GustaveDore #OpenAccess
https://poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/Ariostohome.php

@classicalmusic @countertenors
Extraordinary performance with a countertenor rather than a soprano

#AntonioVivaldi 1678 –1741
"Sol da te, mio dolce amore" Orlando furioso, RV 728 / Act 1 (1721)
Libretto #GrazioBraccioli, based on #Ariosto

#FilippoMineccia, #countertenor
#CarlotaIngridGarcía, traverso

#TheNew BaroqueTimes

#musik #music #musique #musica #opera #aria
#Vivaldi #classicalmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTheEBDTuU

@classicalmusic

Extraordinary performance with a countertenor rather than a soprano

#AntonioVivaldi 1678 –1741
"Sol da te, mio dolce amore" Orlando furioso, RV 728 / Act 1 (1721)
Libretto #GrazioBraccioli, based on #Ariosto

#FilippoMineccia, countertenor
#CarlotaIngridGarcía, traverso

#TheNew BaroqueTimes

#musik #music #musique #musica #opera #aria
#Vivaldi #classicalmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujTheEBDTuU