/internal/media/dispatcher/92818/fullRinaldo and Armida1923[Alfred Wickenburg]Alfred WickenburgOil on canvasThe subject of Alfred Wickenburg’s painting is a scene from the 1574 Italian epic poem Jerusalem Delivered in which the Saracen sorceress Armida falls in love with the Christian knight Rinaldo. The painter translates this encounter into a geometric, cubic visual language defined by diagonals and rhombuses, precise contours, and vibrant colors. The composition thus reveals strong similarities with Czech Cubism. Above all, it reflects Wickenburg’s exact knowledge of Adolf Hölzel’s theories and the particular significance of the Golden Section as a design principle. Painting© Nachlass Alfred Wickenburghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/9250/rdf