Caspar David Friedrich and the subject of landscape
1991; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 28; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/choice.28-3696
ISSN1943-5975
AutoresJoseph Leo Koerner, Caspar David Friedrich,
Tópico(s)Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
ResumoDavid Friedrich (1774 1840), the greatest painter of the Romantic movement in Germany, was perhaps Europe's first truly modern artist. His melancholy landscapes, often peopled by lonely wanderers, represent experiments towards a radically subjective art, one in which, as Friedrich wrote, the painter depicts not what he sees before him, but what he sees within him. Yet in their awesome power to capture the individuality of visible forms Friedrich's pictures also accept and express the irredeemable otherness of Nature. Winner of the 1992 Mitchell Prize for the History of Art, this compelling and highly original book is now made available in a compact pocket format. Beautifully illustrated, Caspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape is the most comprehensive account ever published in English on this most fascinating of nineteenth-century masters.
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