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⇧ Sonntg, 23/9.
10°‒12°, mäßig heiter.
{14} ⇧ 23. 9. 06 Das neu eröffnete Wienflußportal am Stadtpark. Die dekorative Ornamentik von heute mißachtet nur zu oft das Gesetz der Assoziation in unserer Fantasie, u. schafft Ornamente, die an keinerlei Vorstellung mehr anklingen u. daher nicht eben ordentlich in uns Platz greifen können. Je pretensiöser die Willkür sich in einem solchen Falle gebärdet, um so krasser die Entfremdung zwischen ihr u. unserer Fantasie. 1 © Transcription Ian Bent, 2017 |
⇧ Sunday, September
23. 10°‒12°, moderately bright.
{14} ⇧ 23. 9. 06 The newly opened Vienna River portal in the City Park. Today's decorative ornamentation all too often disregards the law of association in our imagination, and creates ornaments that no longer resonate with any sort of conception [that we have], and therefore cannot even properly register within our minds. The more pretentiously willfulness acts in such a case, the more blatant is the alienation between it and our imagination. 1 © Translation Ian Bent, 2017 |
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⇧ Sonntg, 23/9.
10°‒12°, mäßig heiter.
{14} ⇧ 23. 9. 06 Das neu eröffnete Wienflußportal am Stadtpark. Die dekorative Ornamentik von heute mißachtet nur zu oft das Gesetz der Assoziation in unserer Fantasie, u. schafft Ornamente, die an keinerlei Vorstellung mehr anklingen u. daher nicht eben ordentlich in uns Platz greifen können. Je pretensiöser die Willkür sich in einem solchen Falle gebärdet, um so krasser die Entfremdung zwischen ihr u. unserer Fantasie. 1 © Transcription Ian Bent, 2017 |
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⇧ Sunday, September
23. 10°‒12°, moderately bright.
{14} ⇧ 23. 9. 06 The newly opened Vienna River portal in the City Park. Today's decorative ornamentation all too often disregards the law of association in our imagination, and creates ornaments that no longer resonate with any sort of conception [that we have], and therefore cannot even properly register within our minds. The more pretentiously willfulness acts in such a case, the more blatant is the alienation between it and our imagination. 1 © Translation Ian Bent, 2017 |
Footnotes1 An earlier recension of this essay in Heinrich's hand, heavily edited by him, is found on p. 14v (or 15r). The present recension is a fair copy by Jeanette incorporating Heinrich's editings. — The official opening of the portal in the Stadtpark took place on November 15, 1906 (Felix Czeike, Historisches Lexikon Wien), so this must have been a more informal opening to the public. |