Quote by Caspar David Friedrich

What the newer landscape artists see in a circle of a hundred degrees in Nature they press together unmercifully into an angle of vision of only forty-five degrees. And furthermore, what is in Nature separated by large spaces, is compressed into a cramped space and overfills and oversatiates the eye, creating an unfavorable and disquieting effect on the viewer.

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Summary

This quote highlights the criticism of newer landscape artists who tend to narrow down their focus from a wide panoramic view to a limited angle of vision. By squeezing what they observe in nature into a smaller space, they suffocate the natural beauty and overwhelm the viewer's eye with excessive details. The result is an unsettling and unappealing effect, as the viewer is bombarded with cramped and overcrowded visual information that contrasts with the spaciousness and tranquility of the natural environment.

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By Caspar David Friedrich

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