The work of Giorgio De Chirico is characteristically ambiguous. Use the painting "The Melancholy and Mystery of the street" XXXXXXXXXXand suggest an explanation for what he has depicted. Consider the...

"The Melancholy and Mystery of the street" (1914)
The painting "The Melancholy and Mystery of the street" (1914) is a work by Giorgio De Chirico that is set in an empty street with two shadows lurking around. There is an empty cart and two buildings with numerous doors. The building closer to the viewer is dark and shaded while the other building hoisting a flag on its far end is set in light. The painting is characteristic in that it gives an overall impression of loneliness yet hope.
The street in the painting looks abandoned with no signs of use. It puts the viewer in confusion whether the road has ever been used or not. Emptiness hovers on the street, buildings and cart. There is a haunted feeling in the scene...