Arnold Bocklin: 102 Paintings

by Maria Tsaneva and Blago Kirov

Arnold B cklin was a Swiss symbolist painter, influenced by Romanticism. His painting is symbolist with mythological subjects often related with the Pre-Raphaelites. He depicts fantastical figures alongside classical buildings, frequently revealing an obsession with death, creating a strange, fantasy world. Art critics have constantly found it not easy to categorize this original and eccentric artist. B cklin hated giving titles to his pictures and declared that he painted in order to make people dream: "Just as it is poetry's task to express feelings, painting must provoke them too. A picture must give the spectator as much food for thought as a poem and must make the same kind of impression as a piece of music..."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505562619
• ISBN13: 9781505562613
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"