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CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH

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"'I'" D.vid F ""I rich st"dic::d painting I'.-i'''tr ch"I"'!' Fri .. lrich'. I~ndscal'c ",·(..led the

and "a'UNI hi"o. y in 0 ,1'''''ho gm but 'piri. of th< C rucifixion. Sh"dcd by his uS(: of.

""'''lUaliy ch"." w Ii,,, in Dn:«]cn, «:nllar Sttn< to conny a rdigiou. mes<:lge,

wh(.o;e bcau,iful ,urruw"~ngs i"'pin:d so many «:,,,,,,1 critics wen' as fAr as =u>ing him of

of hi. mp~ic landscape •. Drcs<]cn w'" .Iso the <:Icrilege.

hub of ,he Rom. ntic n_",:men' in G erma"}' "nd Althuugh Fri,,]rich 'ried hoth p(><O'.i, w(l<k

nOt onl)' did Friedrich m. kc 'he '''lu.intt".,c of ""d "rchitccture, he .Iw.y< rt:,urned W

painter Philil" Ono Runge, but also mct «:,,,,,,1 Ia nd«:apc<, where he could I" in' ruined

I)(lets thert:, indu<~ng G:l<~he. churchcHnd ]onel)' figures in ,'.IS' 'l"'ccs, ofn:n

h>< nine ycars, he worked only in I",,,.,il or bathed in ~ sJ",bolic ligh~ Fri<>]rich ,ufti::rt:d.

"'pi", his 'ul~ecrs rAnging fr<lOll "'''-'''''Ile' n, struke in 1835 .nd w"-' limited from ,hen

mountains, uften a' ttrttin ,imes of <hy or ()fl,,-..rdsw"1,iasien::hesand,,-..,c,,:olours.ll;'

changcsof",,,-"'n.Aswi,chn,oilpaintsh<_"t"] immedi.,c innuentt ,,-..s confin<>] w. fcw

his <:rca';"i,y and in I 807 he cau,,-,] a "'n<:l,ion Students, hut his "'ork " .... rt:(li",(,,'er,,] ., the

with Crarr in tb, ;\Iountaim. Design"] f(l< a <:ndufthcc<"Tl'ury.

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"TN ,::iJd_baimJ. wlitary jigur' i, Fri"Jricb bi,""lf .:IM, in ,babaracur of

rb, mmd"" ~ Ix"",d and ;rid: in band ~ b", dimbd an," a rod":! p'ak

abot" til< ,"otu/tIlin mim. Only a ,bon '''"' ab,ad </ tb, Ammtll1l

'mbJnn' arrim. f"ri,dricb bar io",,,d bi, God in N",u,," 711, ",t",,,,

",ntnm h<ram til< a'nrk rod: and ,il< rt::irling "'bi" fog mak" tbi< qui"

an /tt:.."",", pru'fWt for tb, t'in:.", /lJ" ,,"<II