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The Importance of Writers-Die Bedeutung von Schriftstellern.

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  Author -Brian Hawkeswood.                                                                               Scroll Down For English Version. Die Beziehung zwischen bildender Kunst und den Schriftstellern, die sie interpretieren—Kunsthistoriker, Kritiker, Philosophen und Kulturkommentatoren—ist zutiefst symbiotisch. Während die Schaffung eines Gemäldes, einer Skulptur oder eines architektonischen Werks ein Akt visueller Kreativität ist, hängt die Rezeption, Interpretation und der dauerhafte Ruhm dieser Werke oft von der sprachlichen Vermittlung ab. Worte beschreiben Kunst nicht nur; sie kontextualisieren, theoretisieren und kanonisieren sie mitunter sogar. Historisch hat die Verbreitung von bildender Kunst durch schriftliche Texte deren Rezeption und Status entscheidend beeinflusst. Giorgio Va...
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A Riverside Reflection: Bellotto, Summer Rain, and the Shadows of Patronage

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  Author - Brian Hawkeswood.                                                   Nach unten scrollen für die deutsche Übersetzung I visited friends yesterday evening, just across the river from Pirna , on the quiet north bank of the Elbe . They insist that it isn’t Pirna at all, but the countryside — though the view from their garden, framed by trees and shrubs carefully manicured , suggests otherwise. The skyline of the town is laid out before them like a painting: the soft ochres of Baroque façades, the noble presence of St. Marien rising gently into the fading light. One sees Pirna more clearly from across the river, perhaps — like certain truths that emerge only when observed from a slight distance. "Life drawing room at the Vienna academy"  1787 Martin Ferdinand Quadal . I rode my bicycle there, weaving through the damp fragrance of the evening air...
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Pirna’s Favourite Son - Bernardo Bellotto.

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Author: Brian Hawkeswood .                                                    “ Scrollen Sie nach unten, um den Text auf Deutsch zu lesen.” The Grand View: Bernardo Bellotto , Canaletto , and the Legacy of the Cityscape Author: Brian Hawkeswood. The development of the cityscape as a significant genre in European painting culminated in the 18th century with the masterful work of Giovanni Antonio Canal , known as Canaletto, and his nephew Bernardo Bellotto. Among the most remarkable visual chroniclers of the Enlightenment ’s urban spaces, these Venetian painters elevated the depiction of the city to a form of history painting—precise, luminous, and charged with civic pride. “ Pirna : The Obertor from the South”,   Bernardo Bellotto , Italian, mid-1750s. * While Canaletto’s reputation remains firmly linked to his romanticized visions of Venice , Bellott...
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