Love… the strongest emotion the world revolves around. And it is accompanied by longing, passion, love, despair, and sometimes hope… Love is timeless and universal. Just like works of art. But what if lovers become the subject of artworks?
Adam and Eve, Dido and Aeneas, Dante and Beatrice, Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, John Lennon and Yoko Ono… Some crossed the boundaries of mythological stories and inspired everyone, some could not meet and kept their love for a lifetime, some got together and became one of the happiest couples in the world. But all of them have become immortal through successful artists.
Art historian Agata Toromanoff invites readers to the special universe of these couples who have been the subject of paintings, sculptures and photographs in her book Couples in Art.
(From the Promotion Bulletin)