Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers

By Sabine Rewald

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300092989
• ISBN13: 9780300092981
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A gorgeous presentation

Sabine Rewald's Caspar David Friedrich is one of the most striking discussions to evolve from recent art books: it presents the works of a major German painter who included pictures of the moon in practically every painting he produced in the 1800s. A number of his works are featured along with details about what was known of the moon in Friedrich's lifetime, and the artist's Dresden friends. A gorgeous presentation.