The First Day of Creation | Francisco de Holanda | 1545 20th Century and the loss of control

and the loss of control under unseen

with the ruined abbey serving as a reminder of the transience of all things and the power of nature

corners and alleyways in the city of Prague – often in the early evening light

Set in a rugged

The First Day of Creation | Francisco de Holanda | 1545 20th Century and the loss of controlFrancisco de Holanda's The First Day of Creation (1545) is a mystical and symbolic representation of divine creation. A luminous triangle, inscribed with the Greek letters Alpha and Omega and the Latin phrase Fiat Lux (Let there be light), descends from a radiant circle into a swirling, primordial void. Flames and cosmic waters surround the central vortex, suggesting chaos giving way to divine order. The painting blends Renaissance humanism with