I have received many postcards showing the Canterbury Cathedral (and even visited it). But I was surprised to get this one, a view from the Christ Church Gate, with all that scaffolding. Could not they wait a bit to take the picture and issue the postcard? It is not like the building is going anywhere...
I must say I like such postcards, with work-in-process on it!
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of a documentary I saw recently on tv, about ‘the Dutch masters reconsidered’, about the back and black side of the 17th century and its artists.
In that documentary we watched the painting ‘Gezicht op de Dam’ (View on Dam Square) by Johannes Lingelbach, and the presenter pointed at the left side of the large painting from the year 1656. In which we could see… scaffolding!
While we learned at school that the 17th century in NL was the ‘golden century’, full of wealth and luxury, the presenter told about the back side: workers (like the people constructing the town hall on that painting) who had to work hard and weren’t wealthy, about slavery and all other bad things that took place in that era.
Anyhow: I was surprised to see scaffolding on a 17th century painting and now I am happy to see an original view on your postcard! I think I might add ‘scaffolding’ and other works/workers to my postcrossing wish list :-)
I looked up that amazing picture. Don't get me wrong, i love the postcard. But, if that one were my first from that place, or I had never been there, probably I would prefer one without scaffolding.
DeleteAnyway, postcards about daily life are usually very informative. I wonder what would arrive if I added "scaffolding" to my Postcrossing profile!
You’re right, I totally agree: for people unknown to the place it is a weird postcard :-)
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, there are buildings (and roads, especially in Amsterdam) who seem to be under construction forever, so a postcard of those would show reality😅
(Comment by Heleen :-) )
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