TO LIVE IN ALL ETERNITY

Caspar David Friedrich's dark, melancholic view of life and Joseph Mallord William Turner's full-blooded engagement with the world around him characterize this novel. Despite the contrast between them, these two romantic painters are connected by the uniqueness of their art. Friedrich's works became part of an existential awareness of life, Turner with his powerful use of light and colour paved the way for a new impressionistic art form. The novel lets the reader experience an encounter of intimate distance between the two painters and opens the world of their images, their motives and their times.

The novel lets the reader experience an encounter of intimate distance between the two painters and opens the world of their images, their motives and their times.

Autorentext
Christoph Werner was born in the East German city of Halle on the Saale river and raised as the son of a Lutheran minister. He studied English and German at Martin Luther University at Halle and worked at various universities in East and West Germany before retiring to live in Weimar. He has written four novels, autobiographical sketches and numerous short stories and essays.

Klappentext
Caspar David Friedrich's dark, melancholic view of life and Joseph Mallord William Turner's full-blooded engagement with the world around him characterize this novel. Despite the contrast between them, these two romantic painters are connected by the uniqueness of their art. Friedrich's works became part of an existential awareness of life, Turner with his powerful use of light and colour paved the way for a new impressionistic art form. The novel lets the reader experience an encounter of intimate distance between the two painters and opens the world of their images, their motives and their times.

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