Modern Painting Northern Romanticism Tradition

Author: Robert Rosenblum
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Publication Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The times are changing, and artistic concepts are constantly evolving. Western painting art since the 20th century has undergone significant changes compared to traditional Western realistic painting. While some painters continued to innovate and create based on the foundations of Western traditional realistic painting, more painters explored new directions from various perspectives, with various schools of thought emerging one after another. Among the most influential and becoming the main trends of Western modern art is Modernism (also known as Modernist art). After countless transformations, Western modern painting masters have created a vibrant and colorful artistic world in the history of modern art! Modern Painting and Northern Romanticism features exquisite illustrations and texts, showcasing a lineage of artists concerned with God, the supernatural, and mysticism. Author Robert Rosenblum excludes the French Epicureans from Monet to Matisse, as well as Gauguin, and carefully distinguishes between Van Gogh and Monet, Hodler and Cézanne. Thus, much like reading the Prophets or the Letters of Paul, we stand before the works of Friedrich, Van Gogh, or Mondrian. "Northern Romanticism" is also defined: seeking the sacred in the secular and finding the transcendent in experience.