The Castel Sant'Angelo 1961

Anton Lehmden made "The Castel Sant'Angelo" using etching, and it's just bursting with intricate lines and tonal contrasts. I imagine him hunched over the plate, his hand moving with incredible precision, carving out this fantastical vision of a real place, but turned into something else entirely. Look at the sheer amount of detail! The way the lines vary in weight and direction, it’s like he’s building up not just the image, but also a kind of emotional intensity. The Castel Sant'Angelo looms large, but it’s surrounded by these strange, geometric shapes and architectural fragments. What’s that floating dome? It reminds me a bit of Piranesi's etchings of Rome, but with a darker, more surreal twist. There's something almost apocalyptic about it, as if the city is crumbling and reassembling itself at the same time. Like he’s showing us the layers of history and memory that are embedded in this place.