1846
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume I: Temple of Wady Kardassy in Nubia is a 1846 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a ruined temple sitting on a rocky hill. The structure has tall columns with broken tops, and a flat roof with a few standing walls. The ground around it is dry and uneven, with patches of grass. Light falls on the temple from one side, making some parts darker. The artist focused on how old buildings look under natural light. This style was common in the 1800s when artists traveled to far-off places to draw ruins. Look up Romanticism next to see how this style shaped travel art.
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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