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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: THE EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM IN ART - CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH 4/27/2011 10:38:06 AM
	Quote: You are right Luis-the coloring makes a big difference! We have cemeteries like those with the tall spooky mausoleums where the ghosts hang out-Myrna I don't like "boats" any way and I know for sure I would not have wanted to be on that one! As to the coloring, there is this other shipwreck as depicted by Casper David Friedrich very early in his career (1798). This one he painted in a way perhaps not as dramatic as he did with Myrna's favourite, but it would seem to nevertheless confirm his predilection for tragic events - at least, as far as painting is concerned. Caspar David Friedrich - Wreck in the Sea of Ice (oil on canvas, 1798) As to cemeteries and trees with twisted branches and other rather somber subjects, what was it that made him paint them? I know tragedy was an essential factor in Romanticism at Casper's time, not only for art but also for music, literature and even philosophy; and yet, was it only because he was supposed to be a Romantic painter that he chose such themes, or because he found them strangely beautiful in themselves - as, for my part, I do as well? Just wondering.
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Roger 3169 7333 Haslemere	RE: THE EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM IN ART - CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH 4/27/2011 8:19:08 PM
	Luis, As usual your forum is creating interesting questions and replies. Good subject. Roger
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: THE EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM IN ART - CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH 4/28/2011 10:22:27 PM
	I would like to post a trio of pretty somber paintings by Casper David Friedrich to support my point. Whether is was an outright morbid obsession, a somewhat twisted predilection for such themes, or simply the fact that they were in vogue at his time that made him paint them, the fact remains that these three pictures possess a strange beauty of their own that catches the viewer's eye. Caspar David Friedrich - Dolmen in the Snow (oil on canvas, 1807) Caspar David Friedrich - The Abbey in the Oakwood (oil on canvas, 1809 -10) Caspar David Friedrich - Winter Landscape (oil on canvas, 1811)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: THE EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM IN ART - CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH 4/29/2011 2:03:46 AM
	However, the questions previously posted are not the only ones and furthermore, they in turn give rise to new ones which cannot be obviated. For one thing, because along his career Casper David Friedrich also painted, although in lesser number, luminous yet in no way less beautiful landscapes; and still more importantly, because as the years went by this apparent compulsion of his for the somber subjects seemed to wane just as success loomed ahead. I don't want to mean by this that he in his youth may have been so driven by material success that he stuck to the 'romantic' themes in vogue just to get the public favor. He was too authentic an artist for that. But his character may have turned little by little from somber to joyful as he began to be recognized first by the critics and, later on, by the general public. Plus it only was after his death that his works really began to be sought after. Casper David Friedrich - Port by Moonlight (oil on canvas, 1811)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: THE EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM IN ART - CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH 4/29/2011 2:23:26 AM
	How about these? Caspar David Friedrich - View from the Painter's Studio (sepia ink on paper, 1805-06) Caspar David Friedrich - Woman on the Beach of Rügen (oil on canvas, 1818) Caspar David Friedrich - On Board a Sailing Ship (oil on canvas, 1818-20)
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