University of Zadar. Department of History of Art.
Abstract
Caspar David Friedrich bio je najistaknutiji predstavnik njemačkog slikarstva romantizma u prvoj polovici 18. stoljeća. Njegov opus nastao je pod utjecajem romantičarskih tendencija karakterističnih za Njemačku koje se mogu prepoznati prema fenomenima kao što su nacionalizam, individualizam i simbolizam. Friedrichovo stvaralaštvo obilježilo je školovanje u Danskoj gdje je razvio svoj umjetnički izraz pod utjecajem danskih neoklasicističkih slikara i nizozemskih baroknih pejzažista. Dolaskom u Dresden pada pod utjecaj romantičarskih ideja suvremenika i počinje promišljati o religiji, misticizmu i nacionalnoj svijesti. Njegov se opus u većini sastoji od pejzaža koji predstavljaju filozofske, religijske ili političke alegorije sa specifičnim jezikom simbola koje preuzima iz mitova o porijeklu, kršćanstva i poezije romantizma. Naglašen je meditativan učinak prirode na čovjeka kojeg Friedrich u svojim pejzažima predstavlja kao romantičarskog intelektualca koji luta prirodom u potrazi za samoćom i otkupljenjem.Caspar David Friedrich was the most prominent representative of German romanticism painting in the first half of the 18th century. His opus was created under the influence of romantic tendencies typical for Germany that can be recognized by phenomena such as nationalism, individualism and symbolism. Friedrich's style was marked by education in Denmark, where he developed his artistic expression under the influence of neoclassical painters at Copenhagen Academy and Dutch baroque landscapes. Arriving in Dresden, Friedrich had fallen under the influence of contemporary romantic ideas and began to think about religion, mysticism and national consciousness. His opus mostly consists of landscapes that represent philosophical, religious or political allegories with a specific language of symbols that he takes over from origin myths, Christianity and romantic poetry. Friedrich emphasizes the meditative effect of nature and represents a man in his landscapes as a romantic intellectual who wanders through nature in search of solitude and redemption
