Author: Zschoche, Herrmann
Title: Caspar David Friedrich IM Harz
Description: Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Blue cardboard hardback with an illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations on both front and back free end pages. (6), 7-157, (1) pp. Glossy leaves with 92 true-color images. Written in German. "Caspar David Friedrich wanderte 1811 in Gesellschaft seines Bildhauer-Freundes Christian Gottlieb Kühn rund 300 Kilometer durch den Harz. Die Naturschönheiten und -gewalten dieses Mittelgebirges inspirierten viele Künstler. Mit der geschulterten Tasche hatte Georg Kersting den Malerkollegen Friedrich schon im Riesengebirge gezeichnet. Auch jetzt trug er darin wider die Utensilien, mit denen er seine Eindrücke festhielt. Wie genau er dabei zu Werke ging, beweisen noch heute die vergleichenden Photographien der sich verändernden Landschaft. Daß sich Friedrich in dieser Zeit der »Eroberung« des Harzes neben Hans Christian Andersen, Heinrich von Kleist oder Friedrich Schleiermacher auch in guter Malergesellschaft befand, zeigen unter anderem die seit 1753 geführten Brockenbücher. Die dortigen Einträge sind in einer Auswahl vom Brockenwirt Nehse in seinem 1850 erschienenen »Brocken-Stammbuch« überliefert." ["In 1811, Caspar David Friedrich hiked around 300 kilometers through the Harz Mountains in the company of his sculptor friend Christian Gottlieb Kühn. The natural beauty and power of this low mountain range inspired many artists. Georg Kersting had already drawn his fellow painter Friedrich in the Giant Mountains with his shoulder bag. Even now He carried the utensils with which he recorded his impressions. The comparative photographs of the changing landscape still prove today how precisely he went about his work. The Brocken books, which have been kept since 1753, show that during this time of the "conquest" of the Harz, Friedrich was also in good painter company alongside Hans Christian Andersen, Heinrich von Kleist, and Friedrich Schleiermacher. The entries there are a selection from Brockenwirt Nehse in his "Brocken-Stammbuch" published in 1850."]. VG: Both book and dust jacket are in excellent shape. One sticker on the back of the jacket. Very clean copy overall, appears seldom used.

Keywords: European Artists ; Friedrich, Casper David ; ;


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