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ROBERT, Hubert: An Architectural Capriccio

🖼 An Architectural Capriccio, 1782
Oil on canvas
50 × 67 cm

Soaring arches and classical columns intersect in imaginary space, rendered in warm ochres and soft shadows. This capriccio reveals eighteenth-century fascination with architectural fantasy, blending real monuments into impossible dreamscapes that prioritize aesthetic harmony over structural logic.

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E. H. Gombrich
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