

This is the 'Gardeners House' by K. F. Shinkel in Potsdam. The Prince liked to relax with his friends (and the gardeners) in this complex arrangement of almost vernacular buildings (hence showing his sophistication- ref: Jamie Oliver) pergolas and landscape. The main axis runs horizontally through the landscape and the tiny bathhouse-symbolic of course of the importance and control of water.

This is the Neoclassical painting by Claude 'Man being attacked by a snake'. It metaphorically illustrates the relationship between terror and distance, with the 'safety' or 'civilization' of architecture in the distance.
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