Caspar David Friedrich and the Sublime

Caspar David Friedrich. Abtei im Eichwald (Abbey Among Oak Trees). 1808-1810.

 Caspar David Friedrich. Der Mönch am Meer. 1808-10.

 Caspar David Friedrich. Der Chasseur im Walde (The Chasseur in the Forest). 1814.

Caspar David Friedrich. Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog). 1818.

Caspar David Friedrich. Kreidefelsen auf Rügen (Chalk Cliffs on Rügen). 1818.

Caspar David Friedrich. Frau am Fenster (Woman at a Window). 1822.

Caspar David Friedrich. Mann und Frau den Mond betrachtend (Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon). 1830-1835.

Caspar David Friedrich. Küste bei Mondschein (Sea Shore in Moonlight). 1835-1836.    

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Dante et Virgile au Enfers. 1850.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Nymphs and Satyr. 1873.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The Birth of Venus. 1879.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Humeur nocturne. 1882. 

William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Premier Deuil. 1888.

 William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Pastourelle. 1889.

Questions I will ask myself regarding new work:

1. Is there a connection to antiquity? If so, in what manner?
2. Is the composition satisfying?
3. Why did I make this? What does it stand for?
4. Does it adequately represent what I stand for?
5. Is Romantic dialogue present in this piece?
6. What did I sacrifice for this piece?

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Caravaggio

Caravaggio. Narcissus. 1599.

Caravaggio. The Incredulity of Saint Thomas. 1602.

Caravaggio. The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. 1608.

Caravaggio. Boy with a Basket of Fruit. 1593.

Caravaggio. Conversione di San Paolo. 1601.

Caravaggio. Sleeping Cupid. 1608.

Caravaggio. The Ecstasy of Saint Francis. 1595.

Jacques-Louis David

Jacques-Louis David. Les Licteurs rapportant à Brutus les corps de ses fils. 1789.

Jacques-Louis David. Leonidas at Thermopylae, 480 BCE. 1814.

Jacques-Louis David. The Death of Socrates. 1787.

Jacques-Louis David. Oath of the Horatii. 1784.

Jacques-Louis David. The Death of Bara.1793.

Jacques-Louis David. The Death of Marat. 1793.

Jacques-Louis David. Belisarius Begging for Alms. 1781.

Jacques-Louis David. Mars Disarmed by Venus and Three Graces. 1824.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more.

—Lord Byron

Jean Renaudie: Ivry sur Seine Housing

Hermann Nitsch: Das Orgien Mysterien Theater

 

 

 IF IT CAN BE SAID THAT ALL OF CREATION IS MY BODY, IT CAN ALSO BE SAID THAT BEING THAT WHICH PORTRAYS ITSELF IS THEATRE, THE DRAMA OF THE WORLD’S GENESIS AS IT OCCURS, THE CREATION OF BEING. EVEN SO, LIFE BUILT ITSELF ARENAS, CULT SITES, TEMPLES AND CHURCHES, WHERE MASSES OF THE THEATRICAL, OF THE DRAMATIC ARE CELEBRATED. THROUGH THEATRE, BEING SHOULD CARVE ITSELF OUT IN A CONCENTRATED, ESSENTIAL WAY, BRINGING ITSELF INTO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF HUMAN BEINGS. TRIUMPH OF THEATRE. — Nitsch

 

Richard Wilson. 20:50. 1987. Used sump oil, steel. Dimensions variable.

Angelo Bronzino. Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time.
1545. Mannerism.

Jean Louis Théodore Géricault. The Raft of the Medusa. 1818-1819. Romanticism.

Caspar David Friedrich. Der Mönch am Meer. 1808-10.

Francisco Goya. Saturn Devouring One of his Children. 1819-1823. Romanticism. 

Hieronymus Bosch. The Garden of Earthly Delights. 1490-1510. 

 

James Abbott McNeil Whistler. Nocturne in Black and Gold. 1875. Impressionism. 

 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. At the Moulin Rouge. 1892-95. Post-Impressionism.

 Ilya Repin. Ivan the Terrible and His Son. 1885.

Everett Shinn. The White Ballet. 1904. Impressionism.

Pekka Halonen. The Violinist. 1900.