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succumbed to it. Great writer and traveler
Paul Morand, who spent the last
part of his life in this region, compared
the landscape of Lake Geneva with the
most thrilling achievements of human
spirit, such as the Taj Mahal. Byron and
Shelly literally defined the aesthetics
of romanticism while sailing Lake Geneva,
enthralled by the horrific beauty
of the Alpine peaks. In his contemplation
of the measure and over-measure
of modern civilization, Ramuz proclaimed
the area as the measure of harmonious
integration between man and
his environment. Recently, the saving
of Lavaux vineyards from the invasion
of concrete caused severe battles, into
which the famous ecologist and philanthropist
Franz Weber invested his body
and soul, including a physical confrontation.
Why was this area finally enlisted
under the protection of UNESCO,
although it is located in one of the most
developed and most densely populated
areas in the world, if not due to its obvious,
original and unquestioning beauty?
The beauty originates, as nowhere else,
from the exemplary cooperation and
balance between Mother Nature and
man – the architect of Time. A painter
who came from afar had to be pretty
audacious to dare to give his contribution
to the rich iconography of Lake
Geneva and Lavaux. From Bozione to
Hodler, the continuous metamorphosis
of the eternal, yet constantly changing
waters had a hypnotic effect on the eye
of artists, pushing them towards celebration
of light and color. The enchanting
glittering, framed with rhythmical
and almost abstract shapes of the vineyard
terraces and paths, disarms your
“The Observer”
SERBIA • N O 55 • 2016
93