The Record (Bergen County, NJ), February 3rd, 1991
John Zeaman, Record Art Critic The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 02-03-1991 ROMANTICISM WAS IN THE AIR -- MET SHOW RECALLS AN ARTIST WHO SAW HEAVEN ON EARTH
By John Zeaman, Record Art Critic Date: 02-03-1991, Sunday Section: LIFESTYLE / ENTERTAINMENT Edition: All Editions -- Sunday Biographical: CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH
Up to the late 18th century, an artist who wanted to depict God painted a bearded man. If the artist wanted to paint heaven and eternity, he made a fairyland of clouds and sunbeams populated with angels and little putti.
Then came the Romantic poets like Keats and Wordsworth, w...
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