 The
artist’s message in the etching “The romantic townscape” is to reveal the
state of mind while observing the city from a distance when the unusual foreshortening of
the familiar buildings creates some specific impression. The key such a mood appears in,
coincides with the deep external harmony of the up-building of the city’s small
fragment & shows the reason-ability of each building gradually heightening one over
another. The elevated mood consonant to the former prosperity of the city remains of its
romantic aura, transformed in the composition into some artistic image both exquisite
& integral. |
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Performed in the romantic
manner of the 19th century’s landscape, the composition “Rezidenz”
carries the idea of the ironic contradiction of the comtemplatory & philosophic
contents of the etching. The gloomy air of this townscape is overwhelmed with the absence
of any signs of man of reason being present, though some small fragment of the mysterious
building hints that the magnificent architectural ensemble does exist. Behind the smart
cartouche, where the name of the painting is hidden, there is a time-worn wall being
entirely out of place here, surrounded by rubbish, in the scenary of almost total
desolation. The highly artistic work of a human genius step by step transforms into the
backyard because of the philistines indifference & irresponsibility. Fantastically
beautiful & mysterious sky above the landscape, naked tops of the trees, freedom &
spontaneity of execution of the atmosphere recall in mind the thought that the world had
been created by God’s will for Homo Sapiens able to appreciate the immoral beauty of
our world & take attentive care of it. |
