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11.   Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above a Sea of Fog (c. 1818)
There is probably no other image in the history of art that has graced more dust jackets of books on the history, philosophy, and literature of modernity. Like Eugène Delacroix’s painting July....
Caspar David Friedrich, <I>Wanderer above a Sea of Fog</i> (c. 1818)
12.   Caspar David Friedrich, Chalk Cliffs of Rügen (1818/19)
The Baltic island of Rügen had been part of Swedish Pomerania from 1648 to 1815, at which point it passed to Prussia. With its striking white chalk cliffs, Rügen was – and still is – a popular North....
Caspar David Friedrich, <I>Chalk Cliffs of Rügen</i> (1818/19)
13.   Carl Gustav Carus, Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley (c. 1820)
In this painting, the German physician, natural scientist, and art theorist Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) renders one of the central motifs of Romanticism – the religious person in an awe-inspiring....
Carl Gustav Carus, <I>Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley</i> (c. 1820)
14.   Caspar David Friedrich, Caroline at the Window (1822)
This painting, which shows Caspar David Friedrich’s wife Caroline leaning out the window of his sparsely furnished atelier overlooking the Elbe River in Dresden, is at once highly unusual and absolutely....
Caspar David Friedrich, <I>Caroline at the Window</i> (1822)
15.   Caspar David Friedrich, Solitary Tree (Village Landscape in Morning Light) (1822)
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was almost an exact contemporary of his fellow Pomeranian Philipp....
Caspar David Friedrich, <I>Solitary Tree (Village Landscape in Morning Light)</i> (1822)
16.   Johann Peter Eckermann (1825)
Profile portrait of Johann Peter Eckermann (1792-1854), a writer and close associate of Johann Wolfgang....
Johann Peter Eckermann (1825)
17.   The New Theater [Schauspielhaus] in Berlin (c. 1825)
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) was doubtless the most important German architect of his era. He left his mark in particular on the Prussian capital, Berlin, where his signature masterpieces....
The New Theater [<I>Schauspielhaus</i>] in Berlin (c. 1825)
18.   The Old Museum [Altes Museum] in Berlin (c. 1825)
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) was doubtless the most important German architect of his era. He left his mark in particular on the Prussian capital, Berlin, where his signature masterpieces....
The Old Museum [<I>Altes Museum</i>] in Berlin (c. 1825)
19.   A Schubert Evening at the Home of Josef von Spaun on December 15, 1826 (1868)
The Austrian singer and composer Franz Schubert was blessed with neither public recognition nor a long life (1797-1828). Nonetheless, he was highly productive, delighting a small but influential....
A Schubert Evening at the Home of Josef von Spaun on December 15, 1826 (1868)
20.   Caspar David Friedrich, Winter – Cloister Ruins and Churchyard by the Sea (c. 1826)
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is probably best known to today’s general public as a painter of exactly this sort of bleak, wintry landscape – a scene replete with graphic reminders of man’s....
Caspar David Friedrich, <I>Winter – Cloister Ruins and Churchyard by the Sea</i> (c. 1826)
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