Dreams of freedom : Romanticism in Russia and Germany / edited by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ Tretʹi︠a︡kovskai︠a︡ galerei︠a︡, host institution.

Albertinum (Dresden, Germany), editor, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romanticism in art--Exhibitions.

Romanticism in art.

Painting, Russian--19th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, Russian.

Painting, German--19th century--Exhibitions.

Painting, German.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, map, portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Munich : Hirmer Verlag GmbH, [2021]

Summary:

"Caspar David Friedrich and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov are the most important artists of the Romantic era in their native countries of Germany and Russia. At the centre of this opulent book are night scenes and moonlit landscapes, views of Dresden and Italy that are full of yearning, and portraits and lovingly depicted interiors by both master painters and their contemporaries. The publication represents an encounter between artworks from Germany and Russia in which the fundamental questions regarding the radical start of a new era in around 1800 become visible: the fight for political and artistic freedom, the search for national identity, the fragility of the concept of homeland and religion. The relationships between the two cultural nations and the journeys of the artists are examined, as are political aspects of art. The literature and music of the Romantic era and selected positions of contemporary art complement the diverse picture. "

Notes:

This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Dreams of Freedom: Romanticism in Russia and Germany. State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, New Tretyakov Gallery, April 22-August 8, 2021 ; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum, October 2, 2021-February 6, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at Moskow, State Tretyakov Gallery, December 10, 2020 to April 18, 2021 ; Dresden, Albertinum Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, June 26 to October 30, 2021.

ISBN:

9783777435831

377743583X

9785895803226

5895803229

OCLC:

1253364944