’T IS an honorable thought,
And makes one lift one’s hat,
As one encountered gentlefolk
Upon a daily street,
That we ’ve immortal place,
Though pyramids decay,
And kingdoms, like the orchard,
Flit russetly away.
- Emily Dickinson -
The courtyard of the apartment building
where Sigmund Freud lived and worked
for almost 50 years, until he and his family
had to flee Vienna in 1938, to escape Nazi persecution
1 June 2013
Images © by Merisi
Links:
-> Sigmund Freud @ Wikipedia
-> Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna, Berggasse 19
-> City Daily Photo June Theme Day - The beauty of decay
Einfach wunderbare Photos!
ReplyDeleteDankeschön! :-)
DeleteLovely sights (and quotes) as usual. :-)
ReplyDeletethank you, Paz!
DeleteGreat posting.
ReplyDeleteImage 4 and 5 are my favorits.
Happy weekend!
Thank you!
DeleteI shot them from different floors of the building.
A very impressive collection of photographs. Marvellous quotes too.
ReplyDeleteYou’ve made a great Theme Day post. I like photos 3 and 4 best.
ReplyDeleteI was going to call #4 "Decay has a face" - too sappy, I thought. ;-)
DeleteWhat a great sequence, such variety of views. And even deep and meaningful poetry!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteVisual poetry. Love it.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU!
DeleteQuite a beautiful post!
ReplyDeleteBien sûr !
ReplyDeleteLe lieu extrême de la décrépitude...
Elle est là aussi.
Merci beaucoup!
DeleteBeautiful etched glass window (I think) to add prettiness to your view.
ReplyDeleteYes, etched glass windows, that's where the ghostly shadows come from!
DeleteI love how you took these from different angles. And until you mentioned 'face' in previous comment, I had overlooked that!
ReplyDeleteThat face is quite a sight, isn't it?
DeleteLovely photos with great delicacy.
ReplyDeleteThese captures have such a grace and sublime light! I always wondered about Freud's life before this flight - lovely to see this. And love Emily Dickinson, a perfect quote.
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-)
DeleteYour photos are lovely! What a treat to see so much of Vienna.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joan!
DeleteWizardly captures, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Vicki!
DeleteWhat a treasure you have found. The decay is truly beautiful and the shots taken through the etched glass windows are an artistic setting.
ReplyDeleteBises,
Genie
Thank you, Genie!
DeleteBelieve it or not, I had not noticed the little temple during my previous visits (I tend to shlep visitors there, I want them to see where Freud lived and go through the experience of contemplating what it must have meant for him and so many others, to leave it all behind- and his family at least escaped the concentration camps and almost certain death).
as usual your photos are stunning and the composition, and depth...Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kris! :-)
DeleteGreat pics indeed. Cool to see that courtyard.
ReplyDeleteI shot the pictures from the windows of the staircase. I felt as if entering a different realm, catching my breath thinking of who has walked up and down those steps before me.
DeleteThe second of the many times I have walked up those steps to visit the Freud apartment, I felt transported back in time and then thrown into another realm entirely. Upon entering the foyer, I suddenly realized why my friend and I had to leave even our handbags downstairs: there, sitting on a chair, totally alone, sat Benjamin Netanyahu. He was not Prime Minister back then, it must have been 2006, still, it was a memorable encounter.
Lovely coutyard! Thank for showing us where Sigmund Freud once lived.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I feel privileged being able to walk where Freud has walked before.
DeleteWonderfully atmospheric. Very serene.
ReplyDeletePerfect place for distressed minds to seek solace...
I agree, Carol, thank you! :-)
DeleteFreud Museum?! Sounds really interesting. Perhaps I could understand his theories better after seeing his museum! :) Lovely pictures again!
ReplyDeleteNo guarantee for that, but seeing where and how a person lived, may give us some insight into their lives in general.
DeleteSUNDAY, 2 June 2013:
ReplyDeleteI re-published this post in order to make it possible to comment for another 24 hrs without CAPTCHA - enjoy! :-)
Lovely glass etchings.
ReplyDeleteMerisi, I thank you for this post. I hope to visit this place myself some day.
ReplyDeletexo
Amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing place.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post. Fitting the poetry in with the photos was inspired!
ReplyDeletethose are very pretty pictures!
ReplyDeleteand yes, its exactly as you said; i remember where we bought each piece of furniture, and its so sad to now having to get rid of it... but well... time for new memories and all! :)
A lovely place wonderfully photographed by you.
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