Caspar David Friedrich's "The Great Preserve"

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An analysis of the artist Caspar David Friedrich's painting "The Great Preserve" including a discussion of light, angles, perspective, contrast, symmetry and lines.

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"Caspar David Friedrich's "The Great Preserve" is a piece of art that inspires unusual, perhaps unexpected emotions in the viewer. At first glance it seems to evoke an attitude of peace, but upon more careful examination one notices that Friedrich's extraordinary use of symmetry and the peculiarities in composition provide more for a mood of unrest, as though the painting and the viewer, or perhaps even the painting and the artist, are at odds with each other. Yet at the same time the original feeling of peacefulness is still present in the depth and spaciousness of the scene. His incredible use of curves, color, motion, and two-dimensional and three-dimensional placement are all contributors in making this painting both fascinating and mysterious."

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