AtD Cover

Steven mcquaryq at comcast.net
Sat Sep 16 13:08:53 CDT 2006


	I'm awestruck -- great ref.

	Steve

On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:24 PM, David Casseres wrote:

> Contra-jour: art history term. literally means 'against the day'. It's
> usually applied to the figures who appear with their back to the
> viewer in the German Romantic landscapist Caspar David Friedrich's
> paintings. The impression given is an unity between the viewer and the
> figure in the painting looking out to the same scenery.

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