Early 1900s sculpture
... at the entrance to the plane tree grove, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. Rather an affected, exaggerated style, as was not untypical of the Jugendstil era.
At first I thought the engraved writing was some kind of runic script, but now I see that they are Latin letters and the language is German, so I can read it, albeit with difficulty:
DU ERSCHEINST SCHÖN
IM HORIZONTE DES HIMMELS
DU LEBENDE SONNE
DIE ZUERST LEBTE
DU GEHST AUF
IM ÖSTLICHEN HORIZONT
UND FÜLLST DIE ERDE
MIT DEINER SCHÖNHEIT
Huh?
Anyway, it's strangely appropriate to this sunny winter day, although the picture was shot in the afternoon.
Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor
Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Early 1900s sculpture
... at the entrance to the plane tree grove, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. Rather an affected, exaggerated style, as was not untypical of the Jugendstil era.
At first I thought the engraved writing was some kind of runic script, but now I see that they are Latin letters and the language is German, so I can read it, albeit with difficulty:
DU ERSCHEINST SCHÖN
IM HORIZONTE DES HIMMELS
DU LEBENDE SONNE
DIE ZUERST LEBTE
DU GEHST AUF
IM ÖSTLICHEN HORIZONT
UND FÜLLST DIE ERDE
MIT DEINER SCHÖNHEIT
Huh?
Anyway, it's strangely appropriate to this sunny winter day, although the picture was shot in the afternoon.
Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor
Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de