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Caspar David Friedrich
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Caspar David Friedrich Caspar David Friedrich: Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.
25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
Colorful abstract painting. Contemporary painting. Not a Jackson Pollock. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
7 Tongue-Twisting Painting Techniques
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland
The Largest Islands in the World
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding
7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers
Space race (1957-1969) infographic between United States (U.S.) and Russia. America, Soviet Union, U.S.S.R., space exploration
Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Caspar David Friedrich: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: CNN - Caspar David Friedrich: The German artist’s rise from obscurity to fame. Oct 12, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 01, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Art in Context - Caspar David Friedrich - An In-Depth Look at This Romanticism Artist. Oct 27, 2023
Anniversary information added. May 03, 2023
Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Caspar David Friedrich. Dec 15, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Painters - Caspar David Friedrich. Aug 08, 2022
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Caspar David Friedrich. May 27, 2019
Add new Web site: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza - Biography of Caspar David Friedrich. May 27, 2019
Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Caspar David Friedrich. Feb 24, 2014
Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Caspar David Friedrich. Sep 25, 2013
Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Caspar David Friedrich. Sep 25, 2013
Article revised and updated. Feb 03, 2012
Added image of Friedrich's painting Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon. Feb 03, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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