May 17, 2011 14:31
12 yrs ago
Danish term

i visse maader er den nu for mig Empirestil, i visse Himmelvrængthed

Danish to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
The author, a Danish painter of the end of the nineteenth century, is giving his own view of Renaissance.

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In some ways it seems to me like the French empire style, and in some ways a mockery of Heaven

In some ways it seems to me like the French empire style, and in some ways a mockery of Heaven

http://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?aselect=vrænge&query=*vræng

Vrænge-billede, a caricature or mockery

This is a first suggestion,and you might need to rephrase it to fit the artist´s tone.

I wonder which Danish artist it was - not all of them would see the Renaissance in that light!
Note from asker:
Such opinion on Renaissance has been stated by K. Zahrtmann. Thanks, Christine!
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