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HIDDEN SECRETS OF BEAUTIFUL PLACES: ARTS IN LANDSCAPES OF PAST TRAGEDIES
(SGEM WORLD SCIENCE (SWS) Scholarly Society, 2025, Einar Svansson)
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The paradox of places that are beautiful but have been the background of negative events and sorrowful tragedies have intrigued artists through the ages. The author wants to reflect on his experience as a professor working on a research project in Iceland using photography and filming with drones. The setting is the beautiful south-coast of Iceland where many tragic disasters have happened in the 17th to 19th centuries when seamen drowned in open boats rowing to fish. There are famous examples of this dialectic na...
ART & HUMANITIES: Section Visual Arts2025
