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Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was the pre-eminent artist of the German Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century. William Vaughan analyses the mysterious landscapes paintings with gothic ruins and silhouetted figures to reveal how the artist was influenced by the philosophical ideas and political events of his time. Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is now recognized as a leading artist of the German Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century. He is known as the painter of images of a strange and compelling beauty: mysterious landscapes with barren trees, figures silhouetted against the evening sky, and gothic ruins in wintry mists. The meaning of these pictures has long been disputed, but William Vaughan argues that Friedrich's aim was to convey the spiritual experience of life. For Friedrich, the contemplation of nature can lead us to understand the deeper meaning of things. In this stress on feeling, and landscape, Friedrich was very much the product of his times. In this captivating book, William Vaughan discusses all aspects of the artist's life and career, from his childhood as the son of a soapmaker in Pomerania, to his adulthood in Dresden, where he achieved such fame that his paintings were bought by the Prussian royal family and the Russian Tsar. Friedrich's radical political sympathies, however, were to effect his reputation and, as the author reveals, it was only in the late twentieth century that the enigmatic quality of his paintings began to be fully valued and he gained a truly international reputation.
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William Vaughan is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, University of London. In 1972 he organized the first major exhibition of the works of Friedrich to be held outside Germany, at the Tate Gallery, London. He is well known for his work on the art of the Romantic era and his books include German Romanticism and English Art and Art and the Natural World in Britain in the Nineteenth Century.
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the spirit of romance,
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This is an excellent and highly readable introduction to the art & life of Caspar David Friedrich by a well respected scholar of Romanticism. No more excuses to postpone a journey to Hamburg & Berlin to experience the finest selection of real CDF paintings. The Berlin Friedrichs were removed from the great Galerie der Romantik at Schloss Charlottenburg. They're now at Museumsinsel. Better for conservation that is but no improvement to the spirit of romance.
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