Detail View: The AMICA Library: Ruin by the Sea
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1979.57
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Böcklin, Arnold
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Swiss
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1827 - 1901
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Arnold Böcklin
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Title:
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Ruine am Meer
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Title Type:
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Foreign
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Title:
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Ruin by the Sea
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1881
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Creation Start Date:
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1879
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Creation End Date:
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1883
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Materials and Techniques:
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oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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Unframed: 111cm x 82cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1979.57
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Credit Line:
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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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Inscriptions:
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signed lower left: A B
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Rights:
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Context:
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The dark, ruined villa in this painting is made especially mysterious by the strange cypress trees tossed by the wind. A nervous green light flickers through the scene. Influenced by German Romantic art of the early 1800s, Böcklin was preoccupied with dreamlike images suggestive of death.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1979.57.tif
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