Caspar David Friedrich, The Abbey in the Oakwood, 1809-10, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
I have been thinking lately that it’s impossible to interpret the 20th century without the German Romanticism of the 19th century. In art I particularly like Caspar David Friedrich, especially his dark and morbid ruins.
Further Reading:
From the Chalk Cliffs on Rügen to Werner Herzog
The Lobotomist Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Adin Steinzalts as Martin Buber Impersonator
