Fields near Dresden with a white Horse
1819
Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl captures the raw, brooding power of nature in this moody 1819 landscape. A lone white horse stands quietly in the foreground, completely dwarfed by the massive, storm-heavy clouds rolling in over the fields near Dresden. As a key figure in Romanticism, Dahl loved to show subjects as tiny specks against the overwhelming, dramatic force of the weather. Notice how a sliver of bright light breaks through the dark horizon, giving the scene a theatrical glow that makes you almost feel the chill of the coming rain.
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