Although the scene in real life presents itself as a rural idyll, the painting has an element of chaos. The painted landscape doesn’t quite make sense, there is a madness to the way the land has been carved up. Things are a bit chaotic. I like this, this was the intention, to keep the order and chaos in balance. Much as man has tried to do with his own ‘town planning’ and the landscape.
View from Pienza. Day 4