Schonbrunn Palace Ruins
by Kasia Bitner
Title
Schonbrunn Palace Ruins
Artist
Kasia Bitner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Originally known as the Ruin of Carthage, the Roman Ruin is a set of follies that was designed by the architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg and erected as an entirely new architectural feature in 1778. Fully integrated into its parkland surroundings, this architectural ensemble should be understood as a picturesque horticultural feature and not simply as a ruin, which due to lack of maintenance it had increasingly grown to resemble prior to its recent restoration.
The fashion for picturesque ruins that became widespread with the rise of the Romantic movement soon after the middle of the 18th century symbolize both the decline of once great powers and the preservation of the remains of a heroic past. Erected at the same time not far from the Roman Ruin, the Obelisk Fountain was intended to complete the iconographic program of the park at Sch�nbrunn as a symbol of stability and permanence.
The Roman Ruin consists of a rectangular pool enclosed by a massive arch with lateral walls, evoking the impression of an ancient edifice slowly crumbling into the ground. In the pool in front of the ruin is a seemingly haphazard arrangement of stone fragments supporting a figural group which symbolizes the rivers Danube and Enns.
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November 26th, 2013
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Comments (38)
Mariola Bitner
Thank you ShitlaPrasad Gupta for featuring my "Schonbrunn Palace Ruins" in the gorup 1-2-3-4-5!
Amyn Nasser
Gorgeous! Love the detail and structure! So much to see, and the composition is awesome!!!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Jouko Lehto for featuring my "Schonbrunn Palace Ruins" in the group Art from the Past!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Joe McClellan for featuring my "Schonbrunn Palace Ruins" in the group Excellent Self-Taught Artists!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Marinescu Dan for featuring my "Schonbrunn Palace Ruins" in the group Premium FAA Artists!
Jenny Rainbow
Mariola, its absolutely fascinating rendition, love this angle of view and composition!
Patricia Keller
What an inspiring work. Beautifully captured and presented. Love to be able to see this. L/F/T/G/F