Ruins of an Abbey
1834
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1834
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Ruins of an Abbey is a 1834 by Charles Norris, a Romanticism work, depicting Ruins, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a drawing of an old, crumbling abbey with plants growing all over it. The artist, an amateur, was likely inspired by the Romantic themes of his time. This is interesting because it shows how regular people, not just professionals, were creating art influenced by these themes. Check out the museum where this is kept, The Cleveland Museum of Art.
This drawing of an overgrown, crumbling abbey may be compared with German Romantic images of Gothic ruins by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Domenico Quaglio (both also in this exhibition). Norris was an amateur artist who was influenced by Romantic themes of the period.
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