File:The Town (August Strindberg) - Nationalmuseum - 21568.tif
![File:The Town (August Strindberg) - Nationalmuseum - 21568.tif](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_Town_%28August_Strindberg%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_21568.tif/lossy-page1-338px-The_Town_%28August_Strindberg%29_-_Nationalmuseum_-_21568.tif.jpg)
Original file (2,710 × 4,807 pixels, file size: 37.31 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)
![]() | This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help. |
August Strindberg: The Town
![]() ![]() |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q7724 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
English: The Town Svenska: Staden |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: We see a dark landscape dominated by a sky filled with monumental cloud formations in white, black and grey. The lower part of the painting comprises an expanse of water, and in the foreground a dark shore. In the background, on the horizon, we get a glimpse of a city. A dome rises up above the other buildings and is reflected in the water. If you look carefully, you can see that the artist applied the paint with a palette knife rather than brushes. It looks like the paint has been spread over the surface the way you might spread butter on bread.
We can hardly see this painting as a true depiction of reality, although the city on the horizon may be reminiscent of Venice or Stockholm. It almost looks as if the city is floating on the water, like a mirage. The dramatic sky, the hint of a city silhouette and the shockingly dark colour palette combine to give the impression of a fantasy or a vision. What is the painting expressing? One might see it as threatening, with its foreboding and dramatically stormy sky. The painting may also convey a sense of distance and alienation. The city – perhaps a symbol of civilisation, culture and life – is a long way off. As we look at the city, we find ourselves in an unidentified dark landscape far removed from civilised society. Svenska: Vi ser ett mörkt landskap med en hög himmel fylld av stora molnformationer i vitt, svart och grått. Bildens nedre del består av en vattenyta och i förgrunden en mörk strandkant. I bakgrunden, vid horisonten, skymtar en stad. En kupol skjuter upp högre än de övriga byggnaderna och reflekteras i vattenytan. Tittar man noga ser man att målningen inte målats med penslar utan med en så kallad palettkniv. Det ser ut som att färgen bretts på ytan ungefär som när man brer smör på en smörgås.
Vi upplever knappast målningen som en realistisk verklighetsskildring, även om staden vid horisonten kan påminna on Venedig eller Stockholm. Det ser nästan ut som om staden svävar på vattnet, som en hägring. Den dramatiska himlen, den antydda stadssiluetten och den mycket mörka färgskalan samverkar till att ge intryck av fantasibild eller vision. Vad uttrycker bilden? Kanske kan man uppleva den som hotfull med sin höga och dramatiska ovädershimmel. Bilden kan också ge en känsla av distans och främlingsskap. Staden – som kan vara en symbol för civilisation, kultur och liv – är mycket avlägsen. Vi som betraktar staden befinner oss i ett odefinierat mörkt landskap på långt avstånd från det civiliserade samhället. Målningen utfördes av August Strindberg (1849-1912) år 1903. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original caption InfoField | English: We see a dark landscape dominated by a sky filled with monumental cloud formations in white, black and grey. The lower part of the painting comprises an expanse of water, and in the foreground a dark shore. In the background, on the horizon, we get a glimpse of a city. A dome rises up above the other buildings and is reflected in the water. If you look carefully, you can see that the artist applied the paint with a palette knife rather than brushes. It looks like the paint has been spread over the surface the way you might spread butter on bread.
We can hardly see this painting as a true depiction of reality, although the city on the horizon may be reminiscent of Venice or Stockholm. It almost looks as if the city is floating on the water, like a mirage. The dramatic sky, the hint of a city silhouette and the shockingly dark colour palette combine to give the impression of a fantasy or a vision. What is the painting expressing? One might see it as threatening, with its foreboding and dramatically stormy sky. The painting may also convey a sense of distance and alienation. The city – perhaps a symbol of civilisation, culture and life – is a long way off. As we look at the city, we find ourselves in an unidentified dark landscape far removed from civilised society. Svenska: Vi ser ett mörkt landskap med en hög himmel fylld av stora molnformationer i vitt, svart och grått. Bildens nedre del består av en vattenyta och i förgrunden en mörk strandkant. I bakgrunden, vid horisonten, skymtar en stad. En kupol skjuter upp högre än de övriga byggnaderna och reflekteras i vattenytan. Tittar man noga ser man att målningen inte målats med penslar utan med en så kallad palettkniv. Det ser ut som att färgen bretts på ytan ungefär som när man brer smör på en smörgås.
Vi upplever knappast målningen som en realistisk verklighetsskildring, även om staden vid horisonten kan påminna on Venedig eller Stockholm. Det ser nästan ut som om staden svävar på vattnet, som en hägring. Den dramatiska himlen, den antydda stadssiluetten och den mycket mörka färgskalan samverkar till att ge intryck av fantasibild eller vision. Vad uttrycker bilden? Kanske kan man uppleva den som hotfull med sin höga och dramatiska ovädershimmel. Bilden kan också ge en känsla av distans och främlingsskap. Staden – som kan vara en symbol för civilisation, kultur och liv – är mycket avlägsen. Vi som betraktar staden befinner oss i ett odefinierat mörkt landskap på långt avstånd från det civiliserade samhället. Målningen utfördes av August Strindberg (1849-1912) år 1903. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1903 date QS:P571,+1903-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q842858 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
NM 4516 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibition history |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
|
Captions
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 10:50, 7 October 2016 | ![]() | 2,710 × 4,807 (37.31 MB) | AndreCostaWMSE-bot | {{Artwork |other_fields_1 = |artist = {{Creator:August Strindberg}} |title = {{en|The Town}} {{sv|Staden}} |wikidata = Q18600103 |object_type = painting |description = {{en|We see... |
File usage
Global file usage
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on ast.wikipedia.org
- Usage on ca.wikipedia.org
- Usage on de.wikipedia.org
- Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Usage on it.wikipedia.org
- Usage on nl.wikipedia.org
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
- Q18600103
- User:Multichill/Europeana 280 list
- Wikidata:Europeana Art History Challenge/Sweden
- Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Creator/August Strindberg
- User:Multichill/1001 Schilderijen
- User:Kringln/Sitelink report
- Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Collection/Nationalmuseum/20th Century
Metadata
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Image title | August Strindberg: Staden. NM 4516 |
---|---|
Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera model | NIKON D2X |
Author | Nationalmuseum |
Exposure time | 1/100 sec (0.01) |
F-number | f/8 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:31, 6 May 2010 |
Lens focal length | 60 mm |
Width | 2,710 px |
Height | 4,807 px |
Bits per component |
|
Compression scheme | Uncompressed |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Image data location | 35,868 |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 4,807 |
Bytes per compressed strip | 39,080,910 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows |
File change date and time | 15:39, 6 May 2010 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:31, 6 May 2010 |
Shutter speed | 6.643856 |
APEX aperture | 6 |
Exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Flash |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 88 |
DateTimeDigitized subseconds | 88 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Manual white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 90 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Soft |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Soft |
Subject distance range | Unknown |