Boats Along the Shore, Alicante, Spain 19th-20th century

Editor: This is "Boats Along the Shore, Alicante, Spain" by Denman Waldo Ross, housed here at Harvard. There's a softness to it, like a memory. What story do you think it’s trying to tell? Curator: It whispers of sun-drenched afternoons, doesn't it? The hazy blues and browns create a dreamlike vision of a harbor fortified by history. It makes me wonder, what did Ross find so captivating about this particular view? Editor: Maybe it was the way the light played on the water, or the imposing castle overlooking the scene? Curator: Exactly! Perhaps it's a love letter to a place that captured his imagination, a visual poem etched in delicate strokes. It certainly stirs my own wanderlust. Editor: I didn't consider it that way. I learned a lot; thank you! Curator: My pleasure! Now, I'm off to find my own sunny harbor, real or imagined.