Decoding art from 18th and 21st century: examples 'Apotheosis' and 'Faust'
'Dog Tales' series, 2nd episode ( 1st episode ) By Fashionoffice 's publisher Karin Sawetz At 'Faust', dogs in cages are the first impressions visitors get of the performance-installation by Anne Imhof at Biennale Arte Venezia 2017. At the 'Apotheosis' by Balthasar Permoser, a figure with wings sits in front of Prince Eugene; seen at the palace Schloss Hof in Austria nearby the border of Slovakia. fig.: The image shows me at the 'Apotheosis of Prince Eugene' at the former hunting palace Schloss Hof, one of the properties of Prince Eugene in Austria. I wear the skirt with print of a painting by 'Hondecoeter' which gave this series its title 'Dog Tales'. (At the first episode, I've introduced with a partly surrealistic text into the new art review series). The two examples are significant for how society changed during the last 300 years as the content of the two artworks is the same: it's about th