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The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich's Journey Through Time

By (author) Florian Illies, Translated by Tony Crawford

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No German painter evokes such strong emotions as Caspar David Friedrich: his evening skies remain icons of longing, his mountain vistas testaments to the grandeur of nature.Â He inspired Samuel Beckett to writeÂ Waiting for GodotÂ and Walt Disney to createÂ Bambi. Goethe, however, was so enraged by the enigmatic melancholy of Friedrichâ€™s paintings that he wanted to smash them on the edge of a table. In a sweeping journey through time, bestselling author Florian Illies tells the story of Friedrichâ€™s paintings and their impact on subsequent generations.Â Many of his most beautiful paintings were burned, first in his birthplace and then in World War II; others, like theÂ Chalk Cliffs on RÃ¼gen, emerge from the mists of history a hundred years after Friedrich's death. Illies recounts the story of how Friedrich's paintings ended up at the Russian czar's court, others among a pile of winter tires in a Mafia car repair shop, and others still in the kitchen of a German social housing apartment.Â Adored by Hitler and Rainer Maria Rilke, despised by Stalin and by the generation of 68, this compelling narrative dances through 250 years of history as seen through Friedrichâ€™s art and life. As a result, the man himself becomes flesh and blood before our very eyes.

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