{"product_id":"framed-abstract-cityscape-wall-art","title":"Framed Abstract Cityscape Wall Art","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eA Wall Piece That Is Not Another Landscape\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eLook at what most people end up hanging and it is remarkably consistent: hills, coastlines, botanicals, something soft in neutral tones. There are good reasons for that, and there is also a point at which a house has enough of it. This is the alternative. Esme Lintin takes a city skyline as the subject and abstracts it until no particular city is left, so what remains is structure and rhythm rather than a view of anywhere. It gives a room the same tonal restraint a landscape would, without the room having to pretend it is somewhere in the countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eThe construction is straightforward once you see it. Layered taupes and greys build the ground, worked and scraped so the surface is uneven, and over that come thick hand-painted marks in black and deeper grey standing proud of everything beneath. Those raised strokes are where the buildings are. Because they are physically higher than the ground around them they catch light differently and cast small shadows, so the skyline sharpens and softens depending on where the light in the room is coming from. It is a painting that reads as architecture at a distance and as material up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003e920 mm tall, 1120 mm wide, 60 mm deep, 8.13 kg, canvas in a black frame on D-ring fixings. Black is the right choice on a subject like this, since a hard architectural edge suits a composition built from buildings, and it stops a tonal piece dissolving into a pale wall. For a plain black shape to answer the frame elsewhere in the room, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/simplistic-round-wall-mirror-black-mr234bk\"\u003eSimplistic Round Wall Mirror in Black\u003c\/a\u003e works in the same register.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h d-hu\"\u003eWhat the Canvas and Frame Bring to a Wall\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eAn urban subject.\u003c\/span\u003e Structure and rhythm rather than scenery, and something other than the hills and coastlines most walls collect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eAbstracted far enough.\u003c\/span\u003e No particular city is depicted, so the piece never becomes a picture of a place someone has to have been.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eRaised hand-painted marks.\u003c\/span\u003e The strongest verticals stand proud of the ground and cast their own small shadows, so the skyline shifts with the light.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eTaupe, grey and black.\u003c\/span\u003e Tonal contrast without colour, which gives the piece weight while leaving the room free.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eA black frame at 60mm.\u003c\/span\u003e A hard architectural edge suited to the subject, with the depth to give a wide canvas presence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eD-ring fixings.\u003c\/span\u003e Two fixed points rather than a single hook, which is what a canvas this wide needs to stay level.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eVertical Strokes in a Horizontal Frame\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eThe composition works because the format and the subject agree with each other. A skyline is, by definition, a set of tall things seen across a wide view, and that is exactly what the canvas is: verticals running top to bottom inside a frame considerably wider than it is tall. The tension between the two is what produces the rhythm, since the eye travels along the width and is interrupted by each stroke on the way. Turn the same marks into a portrait format and the effect collapses, because there is no distance to travel. It is also why the piece suits the walls it does, the broad low ones above a sofa or a sideboard, where the width has somewhere to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eWhere to Put It and What It Will Do to the Room\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"d-p\"\u003eAbove a sofa in a living room, where the width matches the furniture beneath. Over a long sideboard or console in a dining room or hallway. In a study or home office, where an urban subject suits the room better than a rural one. On a concrete, exposed brick or dark painted wall, where the piece belongs to the materials around it. In a room with a low ceiling, where a horizontal format sits more easily than a tall one. The palette works against white, chalk, concrete grey, greige and deeper charcoal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"d-sec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"d-h\"\u003eThe Practical Details Before You Buy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"d-ul\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eFixings rated for 8.13 kg.\u003c\/span\u003e The canvas hangs on D-rings and needs two fixings: wall plugs and suitable screws into masonry, or hollow-wall anchors or a stud fixing on plasterboard. A picture hook is not adequate at this weight or width.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eLevel both points against each other.\u003c\/span\u003e A composition built from verticals shows any tilt immediately, so measure the two fixings against each other rather than down from the ceiling.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eGive it light from the side.\u003c\/span\u003e The raised marks cast their own shadows, so light crossing the surface shows the relief far better than light hitting it straight on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"d-li\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"d-lbl\"\u003eDust gently, nothing damp.\u003c\/span\u003e A soft dry cloth across the surface and the frame. Never use a damp cloth or cleaning products on a canvas, and keep the piece out of bathrooms and prolonged direct sunlight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Urban Mill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56795340734844,"sku":"WA138","price":259.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/9672\/1715\/files\/large-abstract-cityscape-canvas-wall-art.jpg?v=1779353224","url":"https:\/\/www.theurbanmill.co.uk\/products\/framed-abstract-cityscape-wall-art","provider":"The Urban Mill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}