Skicár 

This artwork is an undated sketch, Skicár, by Cyprián Majerník. See how Majerník captures a stark interior, dominated by a window. But not just a window, a portal. Windows appear in art from antiquity through modernity. The window motif is powerful, representing a threshold between interior and exterior worlds, the known and the unknown. Consider how Renaissance painters employed windows to frame divine revelations, or the somber windows in Dutch Golden Age paintings, hinting at both domesticity and boundless horizons. Here, the window is not a picturesque opening, but a looming, almost oppressive shape. Is this a symbol of hope or a barrier? This motif echoes in the works of artists like Caspar David Friedrich, who used landscapes to convey spiritual and emotional states, or even in modern cinema. The window recurs, its meaning shifting with each new context, yet always engaging our deep-seated fascination with what lies beyond.