That's a section from The Ruins of the old Kreuzkirche, Dresden (1765). The church has been destroyed during the Seven Years' War (1756 – 1763).
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I'm amazed at the sheer devastation of the church and the buildings to its left. I had no idea that level of destruction in war was possible before conventional explosives.
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Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 20 pts · 1y
That's a section from The Ruins of the old Kreuzkirche, Dresden (1765). The church has been destroyed during the Seven Years' War (1756 – 1763). Wikimedia Commons
Contentedness@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks for the info, unfortunately that link doesn't seem to work for me.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
My Lemmy client can't open it either, as the address ends with
.jpg, but opening the link in a browser works fine.niktemadur@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
Damn, that's Bellotto's best yet in this space, and there's been more than a few of them, so that's no faint praise.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
The depth and lighting is breathtaking
Azuth@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 1y
I'm amazed at the sheer devastation of the church and the buildings to its left. I had no idea that level of destruction in war was possible before conventional explosives.
hellofriend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Well, when you hit things really hard with massive iron balls, the things you hit tend to break.
jdr@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 1y
Slaughterhouse 2