Caspar David Friedrich GERMAN TEXT 1936 Romantic Gothic Landscape Artist Awesome

Description: Bildnis von Caspar David Friedrichby Walter BauerPublished by Albert Eggebrecht-Presse, Mainz, 1936. GERMAN LANGUAGE TEXT. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in acceptable dustjacket, dj has large chips to spine, now in archival mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, edge-wear and tears to dj have been repaired with archival tape, deckled fore & bottom edges. Wonderful full page illustrated frontis of Caspar David Friedrich. 4to, 40 pages. A wonderful example of German bookmaking in the 1930s. Seeking to capture an experience of the infinite, Caspar David Friedrich composed works that directly confronted the viewer with the awesome. Friedrich took the genre of landscape painting, traditionally considered unimportant, and infused it with deep religious and spiritual significance. Believing that the majesty of the natural world could only reflect the magnificence of God, he featured sunlight vistas and foggy expanses to convey the beautiful power of the divine.Generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes, which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest was the contemplation of nature, and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich's paintings characteristically set a human presence in diminished perspective amid expansive landscapes, reducing the figures to a scale that, according to the art historian Christopher John Murray, directs "the viewer's gaze towards their metaphysical dimension". Loc: B4StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackCaspar David Friedrich GERMAN TEXT 1936 Romantic Gothic Landscape Artist Awesome Bildnis von Caspar David Friedrichby Walter BauerPublished by Albert Eggebrecht-Presse, Mainz, 1936. GERMAN LANGUAGE TEXT. First Edition. Very good hardcover, in acceptable dustjacket, dj has large chips to spine, now in archival mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, edge-wear and tears to dj have been repaired with archival tape, deckled fore & bottom edges. Wonderful full page illustrated frontis of Caspar David Friedrich. 4to, 40 pages. A wonderful example of German bookmaking in the 1930s. Seeking to capture an experience of the infinite, Caspar David Friedrich composed works that directly confronted the viewer with the awesome. Friedrich took the genre of landscape painting, traditionally considered unimportant, and infused it with deep religious and spiritual significance. Believing that the majesty of the natural world could only reflect the magnificence of God, he featured sunlight vistas and foggy expanses to convey the beautiful power of the divine.Generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes, which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest was the contemplation of nature, and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich's paintings characteristically set a human presence in diminished perspective amid expansive landscapes, reducing the figures to a scale that, according to the art historian Christopher John Murray, directs "the viewer's gaze towards their metaphysical dimension". Loc: B4

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