Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg

Abstract: This article considers four paintings by Caspar David Friedrich of a national romanticist nature. It examines the role of Rome and Germania’s ancient conflict in these, and briefly considers what may have influenced the artist’s national take on ancient history, including his personal experience of the Napoleonic invasions of his homeland. Friedrich’s transformations of the ancient in his national paintings are an important example of the reception of classical literature in German romanticism.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Caspar David Friedrich, Ancient Rome and the Freiheitskrieg ; volume:1 ; number:1 ; year:2017 ; pages:66-74 ; extent:9 ; Open cultural studies ; 1, Heft 1 (2017), 66-74 (gesamt 9)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Warren, Richard

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/culture-2017-0007
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2411131618125.068100047485
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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