Thank you Iosif. I also received some helpful corrections and clarifications from Tetyana. I’ve tried to update the post, and referenced some of Tetyana's extensive published work on J. Lang.
Incidentally, I see there is an interesting report yesterday by Kate Tsurkan on "How Ukrainian Writers Are Contributing to the War Effort <
https://lithub.com/how-ukrainian-writers-are-contributing-to-the-war-effort/>
-- indicating that there are at least 12,000 refugees in Chernowitz, and that fighting has not yet come to the city. She mentions that the Chernivtsi poet and artist Khrystia Vengryniuk is now an active volunteer:
https://lithub.com/how-ukrainian-writers-are-contributing-to-the-war-effort/
I see Kate Tsurkan will be part of a panel on Friday on how Ukrainian artists are responding to the war:
https://twitter.com/HarrimanInst/status/1501294643480248323/photo/1
Mark
Mark Auslander
> On Mar 8, 2022, at 9:14 PM, iosif vaisman <iosif.vaisman_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> thank you for posting this on your blog! A couple of corrections:
>
> The technique is maiolica, not mosaic mural. The tiles were
> manufactured by Zsolnay (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsolnay), one
> of Europe's (and world's) top makers of architectural ceramics.
>
> The Bukovina figure is not on the far left. She is fourth from the
> left, wearing a white himation with the Bukovina coat of arms on her
> breast (a large photo where all the details can be clearly seen is
> here - https://art.nouveau.world/sites/default/files/ArtefactPictures/Ukraine/Chernivtsi/Panno.jpg).
> The figure in orange chiton behind her symbolizes the House of
> Habsburg. His sword of state is the symbol of imperial power and
> honor. The wings symbolize protection and triumph.
>
> South Bukovina (not West) is currently in Romania.
>
> Best,
> Iosif
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 3:28 PM Mark Auslander <markauslander_at_icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>> Colleagues,
>>
>> Inspired by Tetyana Dugaeva’s new Facebook home page, I just posted on Joseph Lang’s striking mosaic mural on the facade of the city art museum:
>>
>> https://markauslander.com/2022/03/08/czernowitz-art-in-peril-the-mosaic-mural-of-joseph-lang/
>>
>> I’d be grateful to all of you for any corrections or further interpretations of the mural and why it is so resonant at this moment of peril.
>>
>> warm regards,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Mark Auslander
>> Concord, MA
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