Rewald, Sabine, "Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers"
Rewald, Sabine, "Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers"
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale Un Pr | 2002 | ISBN: 0300092989/1588390047 | English | PDF | 56 pages | 8.02 Mb
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale Un Pr | 2002 | ISBN: 0300092989/1588390047 | English | PDF | 56 pages | 8.02 Mb
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), a major figure in the German Romantic movement, painted sublime works representing nature at its most melancholic and desolate. One of his most famous motifs was that of two intimate figures, seen from behind, gazing at the moon. Friedrich painted three versions of this theme, one of which -"Two Men Contemplating the Moon" - has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The text discusses the Metropolitan's painting in conjunction with the other two versions and a number of related paintings and drawings by Friedrich and his Dresden friends. It also presents fascinating details about the moon itself - including what was known about it in Friedrich's lifetime and its presence and symbolism in contemporary Romantic poetry.
Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Moonwatchers
Sabine Rewald
Friedrich and Two Danish Moonwatchers
Kasper Monrad
Catalogue
Sabine Rewald
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Moonwatchers
Sabine Rewald
Friedrich and Two Danish Moonwatchers
Kasper Monrad
Catalogue
Sabine Rewald
Selected Bibliography
Sabine Rewald is Associate Curator, Department of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Rewald, Sabine, "Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers"
