В elaborately decorated vase; it is cracked in half, but the two halves are joined together and held by an old, decaying rope. In the vase, wild violets have begun to sprout. A colorful, massive antique column; it has been thrown to the ground and shattered. The fragments of the column are adorned with wild field flowers. About ten years ago, similar designs and vignettes were consistently featured on the title pages and within the pages of Western European art magazines that embraced the "new art" ...