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The Abbey in the Oakwood
Oil on canvas · Caspar David Friedrich
Painted between 1809 and 1810, Caspar David Friedrich's The Abbey in the Oakwood is one of the starkest images of German Romanticism. Through a screen of leafless, broken oaks rises the ruined Gothic
Tristithea·6/20/2026
The Raft of the Medusa
Painting (oil on canvas) · Théodore Géricault
On the second of July 1816 the French frigate Méduse ran aground on the Bank of Arguin off the coast of Mauritania. The frigate had been sailing under a politically appointed captain, Hugues Duroy de
great0506·5/16/2026
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Painting (oil on canvas) · Caspar David Friedrich
Friedrich's painting works by what he denies the viewer. The figure's face is turned away. The valley is consumed in fog. The mountain ridge in the middle distance breaks the surface only enough to co
great0506·5/16/2026
