Elaborate Sculptural Fountain Complex Seen Through an Opening Flanked by Fauns 1670

Editor: This print by Melchior Küsel, "Elaborate Sculptural Fountain Complex Seen Through an Opening Flanked by Fauns," is like stepping into a dream. It's so meticulously detailed, but also has this theatrical, almost surreal quality. What captures your imagination when you look at it? Curator: Well, darling, doesn't it just whisper of hidden gardens and whispered secrets? I think it's interesting how Küsel frames this fantastical scene. The eye is drawn irresistibly toward the fountain, that is like a stage. Don't you think? Editor: Absolutely. The foreground figures almost feel like they're inviting us into the performance. Curator: Precisely! And those fauns… cheeky little guardians of a pleasure garden. It's all rather decadent, wouldn't you say? It really makes you want to discover your own hidden garden. Editor: It does. I'll definitely be looking at garden design in a new way now. Curator: Oh, me too!