“An elaborately decorated vase; it is split in half, but its halves are connected and fastened with old, rotting rope. Forest violets have sprouted in a vase. An elegant, massive antique column; she is thrown to the ground and broken. The ruins of the column are covered with wild wildflowers. Ten years ago, drawings and vignettes of this kind invariably appeared on the title pages and pages of Western European art magazines, which took the “new art” under their patronage...”