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Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.
Johannes Grave ; Claudia Stauble ; translation:Fiona Elliott
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Prestel Publishing 2014. Hardcover, 288 pages, ENG, big formaat; 365 x 300 x 30 mm, + slipcase as good as new, illustr. in colour / b/w. ISBN 9783791346281. grand format, this beautifully illustrated volume on the controversial nineteenth-century Romantic artist addresses his modern critics while deepening our appreciation for his singular genius. "A painting must stand as a painting, made by human hand," wrote Caspar David Friedrich, "not seek to disguise itself as Nature." One of his generation's most popular painters, Friedrich imagined landscapes of powerful beauty and spirituality from within the confines of his studios. This breathtaking monograph, filled with glorious reproductions and details of his paintings, argues for Friedrich's reputation as a sublime artist and interpreter of nature. In his thoughtful and well-researched commentary, author Johannes Grave explores Friedrich's approach to landscape painting as well as his revolutionary thoughts about how these paintings should be received by their viewers. Looking closely at pieces such as Monk by the Sea, Abbey in the Oakwood, and the Tetschener Altar, Grave shows how Friedrich developed an innovative approach to landscape painting, one that communicated a new sense of space and time, and which draws the viewer into a unique aesthetic experience. Highly readable, insightful, and copiously illustrated, this compelling book sheds crucial light on Friedrich's celebrated body ...
Munich/New York: Prestel, Date: 2012. Hardcover. VG (Boards and slipcase are lightly shelfworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/VG (DJ is lightly edgeworn.). Grey boards with white lettering; white DJ with colorful illustration and white and grey lettering; white and color illustrated slipcase with grey lettering; 287 pp.; richly illustrated. "Johannes Grave has undertaken a detailed re-evaluation of the artistic work of Caspar David Friedrich. In his examination of both paintings and drawings, he casts a fresh analytical light on Friedrich's development as an artist. At the same time he also illuminates the historical context with reference to Friedrich's own correspondence and comments by his contemporaries"--Jacket, page 4. 2012. Prestel ISBN 3791346288 US
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Munich/New York: Prestel, Date: 2012. Hardcover. VG (Boards and slipcase are lightly shelfworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/VG (DJ is lightly edgeworn.). Grey boards with white lettering; white DJ with colorful illustration and white and grey lettering; white and color illustrated slipcase with grey lettering; 287 pp.; richly illustrated. "Johannes Grave has undertaken a detailed re-evaluation of the artistic work of Caspar David Friedrich. In his examination of both paintings and drawings, he casts a fresh analytical light on Friedrich's development as an artist. At the same time he also illuminates the historical context with reference to Friedrich's own correspondence and comments by his contemporaries"--Jacket, page 4. 2012. Prestel ISBN 3791346288 9783791346281 [US]
ISBN10: 3791346288, ISBN13: 9783791346281, [publisher: Prestel, Munich/New York] Hardcover Grey boards with white lettering; white DJ with colorful illustration and white and grey lettering; white and color illustrated slipcase with grey lettering; 287 pp.; richly illustrated. "Johannes Grave has undertaken a detailed re-evaluation of the artistic work of Caspar David Friedrich. In his examination of both paintings and drawings, he casts a fresh analytical light on Friedrich's development as an artist. At the same time he also illuminates the historical context with reference to Friedrich's own correspondence and comments by his contemporaries"--Jacket, page 4. VG (Boards and slipcase are lightly shelfworn; interior is clean; binding is solid.) [Marietta, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
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MUNICH, PRESTEL, 2012. 1ST ENGLISH EDITION. LARGE QUARTO, A FINE COPY OF THIS VERY SCARCE BOOK. IN FINE DUSTWRAP AND CONTAINED IN A FINE SLIPCASE. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 200 REPRODUCTIONS OF IMAGES AND DETAILS FROM ALL PERIODS OF FRIEDRICK`S WORK. THIS STUDY CRUCIALLY REVISES OUR PICTURE OF THIS MULTIFACETED PRE-MODERNISTIC GERMAN PAINTER. MUNICH, PRESTEL, 2012 ISBN 3791346288 9783791346281 [GB]
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ISBN10: 3791346288, ISBN13: 9783791346281, [publisher: Prestel] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2012]
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