Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg

Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg

This article considers four paintings by Caspar David Friedrich of a national romanticist nature. It examines the role of Rome and Germania’s ancient conflict in these, and briefly considers what may have influenced the artist’s national take on ancient history, including his personal experience of...

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Main Author: Warren Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-01-01
Series:Open Cultural Studies
Subjects:
caspar david friedrich
nationalism
rome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0007
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spelling doaj-c8e7ebced39f40e481b7934f04ce73e62021-09-06T19:19:46ZengDe GruyterOpen Cultural Studies2451-34742017-01-0111667410.1515/culture-2017-0007culture-2017-0007Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the FreiheitskriegWarren Richard0Royal Holloway, University of London, UKThis article considers four paintings by Caspar David Friedrich of a national romanticist nature. It examines the role of Rome and Germania’s ancient conflict in these, and briefly considers what may have influenced the artist’s national take on ancient history, including his personal experience of the Napoleonic invasions of his homeland. Friedrich’s transformations of the ancient in his national paintings are an important example of the reception of classical literature in German romanticism.https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2017-0007caspar david friedrichnationalismrome
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title Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg
title_short Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg
title_full Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg
title_fullStr Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg
title_full_unstemmed Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg
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publishDate 2017-01-01
description This article considers four paintings by Caspar David Friedrich of a national romanticist nature. It examines the role of Rome and Germania’s ancient conflict in these, and briefly considers what may have influenced the artist’s national take on ancient history, including his personal experience of the Napoleonic invasions of his homeland. Friedrich’s transformations of the ancient in his national paintings are an important example of the reception of classical literature in German romanticism.
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nationalism
rome
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