Pot of Basil in Decameron
This image is part of Adad Hannah's series of photographs and video tableaux vivants. The images in this series are based on the 14th century literary work The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The Decameron Retold was commissioned by curator Nan Campogna at the Richmond Art Gallery and funded by the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter programme. We would like to thank Adad for being able to show his art work in this story.
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Lisabetta and the Pot of Basil
story by Violette Bandu.In this story human and nature are brought together in one macabre display. The novella tells the story of Lisabetta and the sad events that led her to care deeply for a terracotta pot of basil. What is so important about this plant and the pot that accompanies it? And why did Boccaccio choose basil instead of some other plant? We open our tour with a few lines from the novella...