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The magic of silence : Caspar David Friedrich's journey through time / Florian Illies ; translated by Tony Crawford.
LIBRA ND588.F75 I45 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Illies, Florian, 1971- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Zauber der Stille. English.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Friedrich, Caspar David, 1774-1840.
- Friedrich, Caspar David.
- Painters--Germany.
- Painters.
- Painters--Germany--Biography.
- Landscape painters--Biography.
- Landscape painters.
- Romanticism in art.
- Physical Description:
- v, 186 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ ; Cambridge, UK : Polity, [2025]
- Language Note:
- In English, translated from German.
- Summary:
- "No German painter evokes such strong emotions as Caspar David Friedrich: his evening skies remain icons of longing, his mountain vistas testaments to the grandeur of nature. He inspired Samuel Beckett to write Waiting for Godot and Walt Disney to create Bambi. Goethe, however, was so enraged by the enigmatic melancholy of Friedrich's paintings that he wanted to smash them on the edge of a table. In a sweeping journey through time, bestselling author Florian Illies tells the story of Friedrich's paintings and their impact on subsequent generations. Many of his most beautiful paintings were burned, first in his birthplace and then in World War II; others, like the Chalk Cliffs on Rügen, emerge from the mists of history a hundred years after Friedrich's death. Illies recounts the story of how Friedrich's paintings ended up at the Russian czar's court, others among a pile of winter tires in a Mafia car repair shop, and others still in the kitchen of a German social housing apartment. Adored by Hitler and Rainer Maria Rilke, despised by Stalin and by the generation of 68, this compelling narrative dances through 250 years of history as seen through Friedrich's art and life. As a result, the man himself becomes flesh and blood before our very eyes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in German as Zauber der Stille : Caspar David Friedrichs Reise durch die Zieten. Copyright ©2023 S. Fischer Verlad GmgH, Frankfurt am Main."--Title page verso.
- Contains:
- Container of: Illies, Florian, 1971- Zauber der Stille. English
- ISBN:
- 9781509567546
- 1509567542
- OCLC:
- 1481653562
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