November 8
The Abbey in the Oakwood (Abtei im Eichwald)Caspar David Friedrich1809-1810Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany This painting depicts Gothic church ruins in mid-winter. The trees are stripped of leaves and create a frame for what has become a cemetery. The figures are monks in a processional to a new grave.

The Abbey in the Oakwood (Abtei im Eichwald)
Caspar David Friedrich
1809-1810
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

This painting depicts Gothic church ruins in mid-winter. The trees are stripped of leaves and create a frame for what has become a cemetery. The figures are monks in a processional to a new grave.

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    is how autumn looks...my homeland. I´m writing my thesis
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    Friedrich. Probably...little too gloomy...beautiful fall...
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