Canto 15, p. 123 1572

Editor: This is an intriguing print, titled "Canto 15, p. 123," made by an anonymous artist. It looks like a scene of fallen soldiers, very dramatic with the horse standing by. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Well, for me, the clustered figures in the background contrast so sharply with the intimate struggle in the foreground, like a dream playing out before a passive audience. It whispers of both public spectacle and intensely private pain. Does it evoke anything similar for you? Editor: That's a beautiful way to put it, the private versus the public. I hadn't thought of it that way. It makes me see it with fresh eyes. Curator: Isn’t it wonderful when a piece surprises you, invites you into new ways of seeing?