The Lotz-terem inside the Paris Department Store in Budapest holds a ceiling fresco that Károly Lotz finished in eighteen eighty-four. It shows the triumphs of art and science painted in gold and deep blues. Before this grand ballroom became a quiet place for coffee, it hosted the elite of the Austro-Hungarian Empire for formal balls. Aristocrats once danced beneath these figures, surrounded by mirrors that multiplied the candlelight until the entire hall shimmered as if made of pure, liquid gold.
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