The painting “Waiting”, painted by Ferdinand George Waldmüller around 150 years ago, is exhibited in a gallery in Munich. It depicts a girl in a 19th century dress holding a rectangular black object in her hand that looks like a 21st century cell phone. A young woman looks down at an object in her hands that bears a striking resemblance to a scene that has become all too familiar today – “distracted pedestrians” pacing the streets with a detached gaze, peering into phones.
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Also known as ‘Sunday Morning’, the painting, also known as ‘Sunday Morning’, depicts two figures dressed in period party attire, reports the Daily Mail, citing gallery organizers . The girl is depicted walking along a rocky, dirty path, and not far ahead of her is a kneeling young man with a rose flower in his hand. She is walking in the sun, and the shy young man has been hiding around the corner in the shade. Social media users joked that the girl was ignoring the boy because she swiped on the dating app. Ever since the painting was first made public, people have been wondering if it’s evidence of the possibility of “time travel.”
However, as the experts explained, while the boy awaits the arrival of “his love”, the young girl seems engrossed in her collection of prayers, which she holds in her hands, making the viewer wonder if her feelings will be reciprocated. . Instead of focusing on the man with the flower in his hand, the young woman is consumed by faith in God and religion. “What strikes me most is how technological changes have changed the interpretation of the painting and in some ways affected its whole context,” one of the art critics explained.
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