German romanticism is one of the most influential artistic movements in history. The romantic thought, the imaginary and the aesthetic of the romantics continues to fascinate people around the world to this day and has a strong influence on the artistic world and global visual culture. Friedrich Schlegel, a historian, critic and literary theoretician saidContinue reading “Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s „Two Men Contemplating the Moon””
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Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s “The Stages of Life”
The period of the Romantic movement was a time in arts history that proposed people another way of approaching life than the one they had and of their everyday philosophy, pushing to put forward feelings, dreaming and emotions. Romantic artists worked on creating beautiful works that would express the ineffable. One of theContinue reading “Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s “The Stages of Life””
Consideration’s on Caspar David Friedrich’s “Mountain Landscape with Rainbow”
Caspar David Friedrich was a German painter who lived in the XIXth century and who is considered one of the most important Romantic artists. His paintings are known for being charged with codes and allegories with religious allegories. This is also the case in the painting titled “Mountain Landscape with Rainbow”, “Gebirgslandschaft mitContinue reading “Consideration’s on Caspar David Friedrich’s “Mountain Landscape with Rainbow””