“The stones here speak to me, and I know their mute language. Also, they seem deeply to feel what I think. So a broken column of the old Roman times, an old tower of Lombardy, a weather-beaten Gothic piece of a pillar understands me well. But I am a ruin myself, wandering among ruins.” ― Heinrich Heine
Whereas a human life is usually less than 100 years, writes the Scottish preservationist, "in its lifetime, the same building can meet Julius Caesar, Napoleon and Adolf Hitler." Buildings in the form of ruins have come to stand for whole civilizations, have indeed been practically all that survives of a civilization.
Life of ruins! A picture in oil
Are you interested in finding what was life like centuries ago, go to the ruins, they are the only remaining remnants of the life which was once marked by the glory and immortality.
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Lovely, ghostly piece. Love how you used the warmer and cooler reds to add a unique flavor to the image. I do hope it is from a photo or I fear for your eyeholes however.
the ruins of the darul aman palace in kabul. the remnants of the 40 year war in afghanistan that has taken everything. i wonder what stories this palace has of how afghansitan was raped by every tom, dick and harry.
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I have seen of the pictures of Afghanistan in 70's and now for the same place and i was shocked to see the deterioration of the place. Its such a pity to see the devastation Afghanistan has suffered during last few decades.
Gorgeous drawing, just gorgeous:)
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