The dark, ruined villa in this painting is made especially mysterious by the strange cypress trees tossed by the wind. A nervous green light flickers through the scene. Influenced by German Romantic art of the early 1800s, Böcklin was preoccupied with dreamlike images suggestive of death.
- Készítette Arnold Böcklin (Swiss, 1827–1901)
- Datálva 1881
- Jogok: CC0
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Culture
Switzerland
Medium
oil on fabric
Genre
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
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