Le Berceau de la Confédération (Cradle of the Confederation) was painted by Charles Giron in 1901 and hangs in the Federal Palace in Berne. I hadn't realised, until I looked it up, that it's a mural and enormous. It measures 11.5 metres by 5 meters (38 feet by 16).
I think this picture from Wikipedia gives a better idea of the size because it shows the setting. The scene is Lake Uri, part of Lake Lucerne. In the high resolution picture you can see a fish on the topmost ledge on the left which the artist painted as an April Fool's joke because the parliament building opened on 1 April. He also painted the clouds as a naked woman with an olive branch to symbolise peace, but I don't see that at all.
I would have a hard time concentrating on business with a view like that !
ReplyDeleteHow true, Karen, I hadn't thought of that!
ReplyDeleteI've just had a message from Carol H to say that she can see the naked woman but not the fish. I had another look at the high resolution image (using the link) and this time I found the naked woman waving the olive branch. She has wings, as well she might, sitting on a cloud. The fish isn't so easy to see, on the cliff ledge.
ReplyDeleteI saw the cloud woman and noticed her wings too! And I saw the fish. I love that the artist put these almost subliminal images in, how witty. It is massive, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI like the hidden images too, Emm. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm just wishing now that I'd adjusted the colour of my scan. It looks very different.
I often find images look different on different computers. I post what looks like a nice post on my home PC and get to work and the images are too dark or are yellow. It is weird.
ReplyDeleteI noticed the woman, and after some time I also noticed the fish. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful mural!
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