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Description: German Romantic Painting
~THE PRINCIPAL INTENTION of this book is to provide an introduction to a subject that is little studied in the English speaking world. My own interest in German Romantic painting developed out of a fascination with the pictures of Caspar David Friedrich. This artist is given pride of place in this book. But I hope that I have shown that there are many...
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https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00058.002
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Preface
THE PRINCIPAL INTENTION of this book is to provide an introduction to a subject that is little studied in the English speaking world. My own interest in German Romantic painting developed out of a fascination with the pictures of Caspar David Friedrich. This artist is given pride of place in this book. But I hope that I have shown that there are many other painters of great interest who were at work in Germany at the same time.
During the years that I have been thinking about and writing this book I have received help and encouragement from many friends in England and Germany. I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Professor Michael Kitson and Dr Alex Potts, both of whom read through the entire text and made invaluable suggestions. Bob Saxton edited the manuscript at an early stage, and greatly helped with clarifying parts of it. Amongst the many others who discussed and aided me with the themes of this work are Keith Andrews, Dr David Bindman, Dr Helmut and Dr Eva Börsch-Supan, Professor L. D. Ettlinger, Dr John Gage, Dr Jens Christian Jensen, Dr Hans Joachim Neidhardt, Professor Robert Rosenblum and Dr Charles Stuckey.
It is a great sadness for me that one of the dedicatees of this book, Mrs Elisabeth Katkov, died before being able to see it completed. Her love and understanding of German literature and art inspired me in a way that nothing else could have done. It was a rare privilege to be able to share her view of the culture she had grown up with. I am also most grateful to my wife, Pek, for her encouragement and help during the writing of this book, and to Christine Anderson for her careful typing of the final draft.
Finally I should like to thank the staff of Yale University Press for their help, in particular John Nicoll, who made the publication of this work possible, and Faith Hart, who has edited the text and given untiring support to the whole project.
William Vaughan
London 1980