Saturday 16 November 2013

Autumn in Klimt's Neighborhood
Merisi's Viennese Moments


Rose Leaves
Rose leaves, resting on golden leaf,
from one of the last surviving
rose bushes of the garden of Klimt's studio.
So I was told, and I want to believe that -
photographed on a grey November day in 2013


Golden Splendour
Late on a November afternoon, in 2012.
The sky looked almost white,
the sun a washed-out lemony pallor,
a moody autumn elegy all around,
were it not for the leaves still on the trees
that refused to tone down their golden light

The first picture was shot
by the window in my home,
the second one in Gustav Klimt's
neighborhood in Hietzing, 13th District
Images and Text © by Merisi

Link:
-> Gustav Klimt Encounters throughout the Years

24 comments:

  1. This is beautiful - so golden and delicate.

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  2. Hi Merisi! Wonderful images... sure makes me appreciate the beauty of Vienna. Thanks for visiting my blog :^)

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  3. Another poem in words as well as pictures. Thank you. :)

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    1. Thank you, Jinksy, I feel honoured! :-)

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  4. Merisi, I would also want to believe the rose story. I definitely believe that these two photographs belong together.

    xo

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    1. Frances,
      even though I have been assured that the story is true, I hope to find an independent source to verify this! ;-)

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  5. Beautiful captures and such glorious color and wonderful words to match!! Hope you have a lovely weekend, Merisi! Thanks for sharing the beauty!

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    1. Thank you and a wonderful weekend to you, too! :-)

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  6. I wish we got a bit more dramatic leaf change here.

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    1. I miss the brilliant reds of the East Coast!

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  7. That first photo -- oh my! And the contrast of brilliant and hazy in the second is wonderful.

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  8. Gorgeous. I love that first image. I want to buy it and frame it.

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    1. I'll send you a note, thank you! :-)

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  9. So beautiful how the gold tones and intricate patterning of the leaves echo Klimt's painting style! Lovely.

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    1. It is really strange, whenever I walk in his neighborhood, I see things that could have been there when he was around, and wonder what he saw, the light, the colors, what he took home from his walks. I almost feel as if a ghost is following me, makes me feel very humble.

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    2. What a magical world you live in!
      :)

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  10. All sprinkled in a bounty of gold, really beautiful~

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  11. May I say that's a very beautiful painterly shot of the leaf.
    Poetic.

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    1. Thank you, Carol, I appreciate these kind words from a master painter!

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  12. So beautiful to see yellow in the trees. Thank you for your beautiful blog. Every time I visit is a gorgeous sight for my eyes.

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