Romantic Ruins

In creating these paintings, Købke looked to ancient Rome—the traditional wellspring of inspiration for European artists—while the Blechen sought new sources in the more Germanic tradition of Gothic architecture.

  Curator Jon Seydl explains the importance of Gothic and Classical ruins in these paintings.

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