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| 3 Apr 2025 | |
| Written by Chloe Sawbridge | |
| Blog |
About the Book
Ghismunda clutches the heart of her murdered lover. Biblis collapses under the weight of heartbreak. King Pedro unearths the corpse of his one true love six years after her death.
Artists have long been inspired by the raw, unfiltered emotions that accompany lost love and sorrow. The works they leave behind serve as emotional touchstones, allowing us to connect with the universal pain of heartbreak across different times and cultures.
This book contains a personally curated selection of paintings, from between the 17th and 19th centuries, that tell stories that will shock, sadden, and move you. United by the theme of heartbreak and tragedy, they provide a cathartic and therapeutic release of intense emotion - a purging that only art is able to incite.
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About the OKS Author
Tatyana Kalaydjian Serraino attended King’s in Bailey House from 2013 to 2017. During her time at King’s, she won many King’s awards in Italian, French, and Art History.
Since leaving King’s, Tatyana has achieved a BA in Art History from The University of Cambridge; a MA in Art History from the University of John Cabot in Rome, and an MA in Arts & Culture Management from Rome Business School. Using these skills, she has also created About Art by Tatyana, a social media platform with half a million followers that aims to make art history accessible through TikTok shorts and YouTube documentaries; published a book; created an online course in Italian Baroque art; and have collaborated with The National Gallery in London, Perrotin Gallery in New York, Chilly's UK, LEGO Art, Bottega Veneta, Netflix Queue, and the BBC
