Emiliana Konopka The following writing sample is a fragment of “Cloudscapes: Interpretations of the Cloud Motif in Landscape Painting, 1820-192”, my master thesis originally written in Polish and defended at the Art History Institute of the University of Warsaw in September 2018. The translation is mine. Emiliana Konopka The Multi-layered Symbolism of Clouds “I want to build my house on clouds. Skies, show me a path that leads/ Up to your field of light! --Verner von Heidenstam, Molnvandring (1912)