Tomb With A View: A Cemetery Podcast

Episode 117: "Emotion is His Law": Caspar David Friedrich, the Romantics, the Nazis, and the Unexpectedly Sublime World of Cemetery Paintings

• Liz Clappin • Episode 117

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German painted Caspar David Freidrich painted 10 oil paintings with the subject of cemeteries. Why did he chose those as his subject? How are they a reflection of the greater culture of the time? And most importantly why was Hitler such a fan?

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