"At present, people see fogs, not because there are fogs, but because poets and painters have taught them the mysterious loveliness of such effects."
Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying (1889)
To speak of mist is to speak of fascination and mystery; it is the substance of dreams and visions that has obsessed painters of the Romanticism and Impressionism. Fuseli, Friedrich, Turner, and Monet set out to find meaning in the indeterminate and transitory nature of fog.
Representations of mist point towards the spiritual world and are associated with the passage of time, the ambiguity of memory, and the uncertainty of life itself.
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"At present, people see fogs, not because there are fogs, but because poets and painters have taught them the mysterious loveliness of such effects."
Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying (1889)
To speak of mist is to speak of fascination and mystery; it is the substance of dreams and visions that has obsessed painters of the Romanticism and Impressionism. Fuseli, Friedrich, Turner, and Monet set out to find meaning in the indeterminate and transitory nature of fog.
Representations of mist point towards the spiritual world and are associated with the passage of time, the ambiguity of memory, and the uncertainty of life itself.