@CynicalPublius It was a sign of its time, when unprecedented cultural factors inspired a brotherhood-of-man consciousness, such as concern for the ecology; Civil Rights; air travel making exotic destinations convenient; and the first photos of Earth. Even the U.N. still was taken seriously.
Perspectives: Mozart premiered an entire opera about the Muslim enslavement of Europeans in Vienna in 1782, within 100 years of the Ottoman siege of that city.
All of Europe, with Vienna at the center of the fight and with Barbary pirates still capturing innocent Christian Europeans, was still dealing with the constant threats from the Islamic world and only newly free of the threat of conquest by the Ottomans.
This aria from The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), featured in the film Amadeus, is a woman singing of her resolve to remain pure and undefiled by the Turk who has abducted her, conceding that due to his determination to r*** her she will look forward instead to the liberation afforded by death itself.
In a hit opera about the rescue of Christian women from the hands of Islamic traffickers.
1782. This was European high art and culture in 1782, based on current events and it's odd how many people want us to forget that.
@LeeroyPress Yeah, that’s true.
There’s just something about naked savagery at that intersection especially that just makes me feel like the city is finished.
@LionelMedia Starts on Bleecker, turns left onto Sixth Ave., proceeds up Eighth Street, and then suddenly there’s that glass building somewhere. Circa 1970?
Sans-serif fonts, in their inhuman minimalism, are for libs. Serif fonts, with their delightful and elegant adornments, elevate the soul. This return to tradition is not only a welcome change but literally significant!