Elbe
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1 / 2Romanticism
Around 1800, painting and literature turned away from reason and toward feeling. Landscapes became reflections of the inner self: fog, ruins, and mountain ranges represent longing, transience, and the inkling of something greater. The human figure appears small within them, often seen from behind—looking out just as the viewers themselves do.
In the museum · 2 works→Landscape painting
For a long time, the landscape served merely as a backdrop for figures and stories. In the 19th century, it became the primary subject—painted not only as it looks, but as it feels: the light at a certain time of day, the stillness of a valley, the weather over a mountain ridge.
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