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Originally Posted by Ole  Wandering through the museums and galleries of Genova last week, I saw several paintings of ruins and decay. Those were not 18th century, but early 17th and 16th!
The thought struck me that this might have something to do with the "decrepit barn school of photography". After all, large parts of the world are not exactly full of decrepit castles and cathedrals...  |
Of interest is the Old English poem "The Ruin" which ponders on exactly these things (roman ruins in Britain). You might be able to read it easily since the Norse ruled England at that time:
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/...xts/a3.33.html