The 13th-century French manuscript "Romance of the Pear" contains an early depiction of the heart as a symbol of love. Allegorical image from the Roman de la poire. Image courtesy of Bibliothèque ...

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Her art is gentle but powerful, blending love ... don’t just speak to the heart; they listen to it. Here are some of Giulia Rosa’s most poetic and emotional illustrations.

He identifies the first non-medical European illustration of a heart in a drawing that accompanied the medieval French love poem Le Roman De La Poire by Thibaut, written circa 1255. It is believed ...