Monday, September 29, 2025

Gothic Romanticism

Caspar David Friedrich, The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809-10), and detail

J.M.W Turner, Tintern Abbey, 1794

Philip De Loutherbourg, Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard (1790). When I was younger I wanted to be this guy.

William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, c. 1803–1805

Goya. Witches' Sabbath, 1821–1823, detail

An Illustration of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” by Gustave Doré

Serafino Macchiati, The Visionary, 1904

1 comment:

David said...

Wonderful pieces. I've never seen that Raven image before--incredible.

The Abbey in the Oakwood is one of my all-time favorites. Love Goya's Caprichos, too.