Casper David Friedrich Line &

When I saw an exhibit on this artist's paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York years ago, I was so impressed with his work that I had to buy this book. I wanted to remember these contemplative romantic paintings and the expansive landscapes. This book takes me back to that feeling every time.

Friedrich's work celebrates the solitude of the soul & man's union with nature. It is lonely, bleak & brilliant. It transports you to another place & time, one far removed from the chaos of modern life. This must be the definative work on CDF, so far as i know. A "must have", if ever there were one.

This highly illustrative tome includes pencil sketches and tracings showing lines of force for Friedrich's major works. In addition, an in-depth discussion of his life, including cultural and socio-political influences, is discussed concurrent with a review of not only his major masterpieces, but his minor, early works as well. An absolute must for anyone who has become enamored with his work, or the work of other similar sublime, landscape artists of the period.