Friedrich paints Narnia?

November 5th, 2007 § 0

OK, not really. But seriously:

Friedrich, Winter Landscape
Caspar David Friedrich, Winter Landscape, 1811
National Gallery London

Does that not look exactly like Narnia to you? The snow, the pine tree, the mist-shrouded castle looming in the background, the White Witch about to careen out of the fog in her carriage and offer our weary wanderer a piece of Turkish Delight? This happens to be what I could not stop imagining today in my 19th century art class instead of actually taking diligent notes on Friedrich’s mystically-religious landscapes.

And why, yes, this is about as unscholarly a post as you could ever hope to read.

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