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Downfall --- 2020-06-20

The lyrics on this album are written following the form of ekphrasis. An ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a work of art. Six popular paintings were selected to serve as the basis for the lyrics: Ophelia, by Sir John Everett Millais, 1851-52 The Abbey in the Darkwood,by Caspar David Friedrich, 1809-10 The Garden of Earthly Delights (Hell), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1490-1510 Finis (The End of All Things), by Maxmilián Pirner, 1887 The Course Of Empire: (Destruction), by Thomas Cole, 1836 Souls on the Banks of the Acheron, Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl, 1898