Caspar David Friedrich

Johannes Grave (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2012
Prestel UK (Verlag)
978-3-7913-4628-1 (ISBN)

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"A painting must stand as a painting, made by human hand," wrote Caspar David Friedrich, "not seek to disguise itself as nature." One of his generation's most popular painters, Friedrich imagined landscapes of powerful beauty and spirituality from within the confines of his studios. This breathtaking monograph, filled with glorious reproductions and details of his paintings, argues for Friedrich's reputation as a sublime artist and interpreter of nature. In his thoughtful and well researched commentary, author Johannes Grave explores Friedrich's unique approach to landscape painting as well as his revolutionary thoughts about how these paintings should be received by their viewers. Looking closely at pieces such as Monk by the Sea, The Abbey in the Oakwood, and the Tetschen Altar, Graves shows how Friedrich developed an innovative approach to landscape painting, one that communicated a new sense of space and time, and which draws the viewer into a unique aesthetic experience. Readable, insightful, and copiously illustrated in a deluxe volume, this compelling new perspective sheds crucial light on Friedrich's celebrated body of work.

Johannes Grave is Professor of Art History at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. He was previously Associate Director at the Centre Allemand d'Histoire de l'Art in Paris, where he was involved in developing a monumental exhibition on German art at the Louvre. He has published works on the painting of the early Renaissance and Giovanni Bellini.

"The sumptuously illustrated Caspar David Friedrich...is a good guide to one of the major artists of the Romantic era." -Tulsa World
"Luxuriant." -The Huffington Post
"[Friedrich's] haunting and mysterious canvases are beautifully reproduced by Prestel in Caspar David Friedrich." - Publishers Weekly
"Caspar David Freidrich stands out, primarily for its size and lavish reproductions...of paintings, drawings and prints by this great German Romantic. It conveys a fuller sense of Friedrich's enigmatic, landscape-centered art than any single museum or exhibition could possibly provide." - The New York Times
"[B]y far the most sumptuous and historically informed text [on Friedrich]. Building on the insights of previous critics and scholars, Grave skillfully assesses Friedrich's canvases (reproduced here more beautifully than in any previous book), but his greater achievement is authoritatively placing Friedrich's work in its cultural, intellectual, and aesthetic context." - The Atlantic

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2012
Verlagsort	Munich
Sprache	englisch
Maße	303 x 338 mm
Gewicht	3495 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
Schlagworte	Friedrich, Caspar D.
ISBN-10	3-7913-4628-8 / 3791346288
ISBN-13	978-3-7913-4628-1 / 9783791346281
Zustand	Neuware