Original artwork, not a still
"The Giant," Tremendous Trifles ‧ 1909
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker jokingly claims that every building becomes great architecture after sunset. Comparing buildings with fireworks extends the thought into a suggestion that architecture belongs to the night. The sweeping claim gives an everyday change of light an unexpectedly grand artistic significance.
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