THE SUBLIMITY IN THE PAINTING OF CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to consider the category of sublime in the painting of the German romantic artist, Caspar David Friedrich refered to the Kantian idea of sublime, formulated in theCritique Power of Judgment. The basic thesis is, that interpretation of crea-tion of the excellent German lanscapes’ painter in context Kant’s theory of sublimity charac-terizes this turning point in art of early XIX-Century. Although its proper meaning wasdiscovered just in modern art. The explication of Friedrich’s painting through such unique aesthetic category like sublimity seems to be also a terse description of romantic art.