Rückenfigur
E841969
Rückenfigur is an artistic motif in which a figure is shown from behind, inviting viewers to share the character’s perspective and emotional experience of a landscape or scene.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic motif
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pictorial device ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | Caspar David Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
contemplation
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melancholy ⓘ subjective perception of landscape ⓘ sublime ⓘ viewer identification ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
German Romantic painting
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Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
frontal portrait
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profile portrait ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
art historical literature on German Romanticism
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studies of visual perspective and spectatorship ⓘ |
| hasCompositionalRole |
often centrally or prominently positioned
GENERATED
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often placed near the foreground GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | an artistic motif in which a figure is shown from behind, inviting viewers to share the figure’s perspective on a scene ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | German term meaning 'back figure' or 'figure seen from the back' ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
creates a mediating presence between viewer and depicted scene
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encourages identification with the figure’s emotional experience ⓘ enhances sense of immersion in the depicted space ⓘ invites viewers to adopt the figure’s viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasInfluence |
cinematic point-of-view compositions
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later landscape photography conventions ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRole |
can imply solitude or isolation
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creates a sense of distance or introspection ⓘ suggests but does not fully reveal the figure’s identity ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm | Rückenfiguren ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | became especially prominent in early 19th-century Romantic art ⓘ |
| hasVisualCharacteristic |
central figure shown from behind
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figure faces into a landscape or interior scene ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Chalk Cliffs on Rügen'
NERFINISHED
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Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog' NERFINISHED ⓘ Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Woman in Front of the Setting Sun' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
genre painting
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landscape painting ⓘ self-portraiture by proxy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
drawing
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film ⓘ painting ⓘ photography ⓘ printmaking ⓘ |
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