Friedrich

by William Vaughan and Elizabeth Childs

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is now recognized as a leading artist of the German Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century. He is known as the painter of images of a strange and compelling beauty: mysterious landscapes with barren trees, figures silhouetted against the evening sky, and gothic ruins in wintry mists.

The meaning of these pictures has long been disputed, but William Vaughan argues that Friedrich's aim was to convey...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714840602
• ISBN13: 9780714840604
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.6"