My trip to Europe seems like a dream now, but images still swirl up of the gilded spires and domes of the Altstadt in Dresden, its reconstructed harmony of landscape and buildings, churches and museums all nestling round the river and its terraced green hills. Dresden is an appealing, beautiful city and the sculpted saint who looked down onto the destruction of the Frauen Kirche (and everything else) and wept during the war must be overjoyed today to watch over the city's restored wonders.
Dresden is unforgettable and Padua is too. So many amazing old churches, museums, galleries and houses to wonder at, as they appear around every corner. Most spell-binding of all though was the overwhelming experience inside the Scrovengi chapel, where Giotto created in 1305 a landscape of frescoes covering all the walls and all the ceilings. Such beautiful images from so long ago and inspiring as much awe today as they must have done then. An amazing set of images telling a story for the illiterate populace of the times still casting a spell on visitors from another age just beginning to be dominated by image and icon again.
No comments:
Post a Comment