ABSTRACT
I would like to show the path by which art has declined since the Gothic, when it flourished for the last time in Europe, and will try to bring to light those forces that, after its lowest point has been suffered through, will serve as a prophecy of a new creation. I base my argument on the truth that architecture is the carrier of all the visual arts. If the trunk becomes sick, the leaves cannot grow in health, and if the leaves of the tree die, so must the trunk have suffered harm. However, the process by which a sick tree revives to new health can only occur because the disease, which at first causes progressive paralysis from the trunk, through the branches, twigs, veins, and leaves, finally reaches its last tips; but then, when it comes to recovery, a new life revitalizes the same tree from below through the roots of its trunk. So, there is no gradual development that can be observed on a well-defined scale, which imperceptibly changes its appearance, rather, a new beginning; no naturalness that can be explained physically, rather, a biological phenomenon – a miracle.
