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Love is Enough
Poetry Threaded with Love (with a Foreword by Florence Welch)
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<p><b>In this truly beautiful book, Andrea Zanatelli combines his extraordinary artworks with a selection of classical love poetry by Anne Brontë, William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Percy Shelley and many more.</b><br><br>Drawing its inspiration from the past, <i>Love is Enough</i> references the decorative arts of a bygone era, and is a combination of <b>romantic</b> imagery, <b>antique </b>fabrics and <b>allegorical </b>illustrations, mixed with poems and mottos. Often mistaken for real embroidery pieces, the artworks are in fact very detailed and intricate <b>digital collages</b>, made to look and feel like handcrafted works.<br><br>Zanatelli is strongly influenced by the <b>Arts and Crafts</b> movement and the <b>Pre-Raphaelites</b> as well as eighteenth-century collage artist and creator of the Flora Delanica, Mary Delany, among others. Recurring themes in his work are <b>romantic love, magical symbols</b>, Victorian era craftsmanship, historical nun’s work and relics. Details of paintings, ancient fabrics, antique jewellery and miniatures are also returning elements as they often become an integral part of the <b>inspiration</b> for the collages themselves.<br><br>This stunning book is full of <b>intricate detail</b> and <b>brimming with romance</b>, so you can return to its pages again and again.</p>
<p><b>In this truly beautiful book, Andrea Zanatelli combines his extraordinary artworks with a selection of classical love poetry by Anne Brontë, William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Percy Shelley and many more.</b><br><br>Drawing its inspiration from the past, <i>Love is Enough</i> references the decorative arts of a bygone era, and is a combination of <b>romantic</b> imagery, <b>antique </b>fabrics and <b>allegorical </b>illustrations, mixed with poems and mottos. Often mistaken for real embroidery pieces, the artworks are in fact very detailed and intricate <b>digital collages</b>, made to look and feel like handcrafted works.<br><br>Zanatelli is strongly influenced by the <b>Arts and Crafts</b> movement and the <b>Pre-Raphaelites</b> as well as eighteenth-century collage artist and creator of the Flora Delanica, Mary Delany, among others. Recurring themes in his work are <b>romantic love, magical symbols</b>, Victorian era craftsmanship, historical nun’s work and relics. Details of paintings, ancient fabrics, antique jewellery and miniatures are also returning elements as they often become an integral part of the <b>inspiration</b> for the collages themselves.<br><br>This stunning book is full of <b>intricate detail</b> and <b>brimming with romance</b>, so you can return to its pages again and again.</p>