Night Scenes
Last week I was looking for some art in the public domain to print at a local shop. After some time I forgot what I was doing and thankfully, Instagram is there to remind you by shoving you ads. I then got sucked into an art history journey, and found some interesting works. I put them all in a database which I'll keep adding to and will write about here.
Hermann Corrodi's Monks Walk to the Mountain Monastery of Athos captures a serene, almost mystical journey that reminds me of Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose.
Mount Athos is a self-governed monastic state in Greece with a history spanning over a thousand years. It's famous for its strict adherence to ancient monastic traditions. Its most well-known rule is the Avaton, which forbids access to any female, human or animal, to preserve the monastic purity and tranquility. Kaloka.
The painting captures Dresden in moonlight, creating a mood that sorta shares a similar meditative quality with Corrodi's Monks Walk to the Mountain Monastery of Athos. This work holds a bit of historical significance because it documents Dresden's skyline a hundred years or so before the devastating bombings of World War II.
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Starry Night Over the Rhone predates van Gogh's more famous The Starry Night by about a year and I think I like this more. It's part of the permanent collection of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
J.M.W. Turner reportedly tied himself to a ship's mast during storms to experience their intensity. Looking at this work, I can believe that.
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A Classic with Cheese is a reimagining of Edward Hopper's iconic Nighthawks featuring Bobs Burgers characters. We have a print of this in our apartment.
That's the gallery. Thank you for walking through.