The Tree of Crows
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The Tree of Crows is a Romantic-era landscape painting by Caspar David Friedrich, depicting a stark, gnarled tree silhouetted against a dramatic sky to evoke themes of melancholy and mortality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tree of Crows canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic landscape painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | 19th-century European art ⓘ |
| artStyle | Romantic landscape ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
dark tones
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muted colors ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| creator |
Caspar David Friedrich
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Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
surface form:
Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
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| creatorNationality | German ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation | painter ⓘ |
| depictionStyle | silhouette ⓘ |
| depicts |
barren landscape
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crows ⓘ dramatic sky ⓘ gnarled tree ⓘ |
| genre | Romanticism ⓘ |
| hasMood |
contemplative
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somber ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | landscape view ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
crows as symbols of death
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dead tree as symbol of decay ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
crows
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tree ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
Jena Romanticism
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surface form:
German Romanticism
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| period | Romantic era ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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melancholy ⓘ mortality ⓘ nature ⓘ transience of life ⓘ |
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