The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich’s Journey Through Time
Who bought the paintings, who burned them, who found them again, and how the Nazi embrace nearly finished Friedrich. Art history written as the biography of objects.
Illies follows the paintings rather than the painter: who bought them, who burned them, who rediscovered them, how the Nazis claimed Friedrich and how nearly that finished his reputation. Art history written as the biography of objects, and one of the few books in the genre that charms without becoming weightless.
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Tyler Cowen
An excellent book, usually I am allergic to art history books that attempt to charm, but this one works.
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