This text reveals the influences and spiritual quest that formed the basis of Romanticism at the beginning of the 19th century. The selection of paintings, from Turner to Gericault and Delacroix, complement those of Friedrich. With over 100 colour illustrations.

FASCINATING AND MYSTERIOUS LANDSCAPES, WAGNERIAN IMAGES,PEACEFUL MOONLIT SEAS - THE DRAMATIC PAINTINGS OF Caspar David Friedrich, PRECURSOR OF THE SYMBOLISTS AND SURREALISTS, LIKE THOSE OF CARUS, CONSTABLE, DELACROIX, MARTIN, POUSSIN,TURNER AND GI~RICAULT, LEAD US TOWARD THE DISCOVERY OF AN INNER SPIRITUALITY.WONDERFUL PAINTINGS THAT SATISFY BOTH THE SOUL AND THE EYE.

Introduction

Oblivion and Later Recognition

Two Shipwrecks and one Apparition,

the Emergence of Romanticism

Landscape Painting in Europe

Turner and Friedrich

Germany: Between Transformation

and Nostalgia

The Quest of Infinity

Last Efforts

Conclusion

The Stages of Life

Bibliography

Photo Cred its