The Magic of Silence
Caspar David Friedrich's Journey Through Time
Polity Press
ISBN 978-1-5095-6754-6
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Bibliografische Daten
Buch. Hardcover
2025
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 192 S.
Format (B x L): 14.9 x 22.4 cm
Gewicht: 371
Verlag: Polity Press
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6754-6
Produktbeschreibung
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.
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