The Magic of Silence

The Magic of Silence
Author	Florian Illies
Original title	Zauber der Stille
Translator	Tony Crawford
Language	German
Subject	Caspar David Friedrich
Genre	biography
Publisher	S. Fischer Verlag
Publication date	25 October 2023
Publication place	Germany
Published in English	November 2024
Pages	256
ISBN	978-3-10-397252-8

Last updated July 13, 2025

The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich's Journey Through Time (German : Zauber der Stille. Caspar David Friedrichs Reise durch die Zeiten) is a 2023 book by the German art historian Florian Illies. It is about the painter Caspar David Friedrich and was written for the occasion of Friedrich's 250th anniversary in 2024.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Trinks, Stefan (30 November 2023). "Ruhige Romantik? Ach was!". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
↑ Eßbach, Katja (31 October 2023). ""Zauber der Stille": Florian Illies' Mosaik zu Caspar David Friedrich" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk . Retrieved 7 April 2024.

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[1] Trinks, Stefan (30 November 2023). "Ruhige Romantik? Ach was!". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[2] Eßbach, Katja (31 October 2023). ""Zauber der Stille": Florian Illies' Mosaik zu Caspar David Friedrich" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk . Retrieved 7 April 2024.

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List of works
Paintings	Cairn in Snow (1807) Cross in the Mountains (1808) The Monk by the Sea (1808–1810) The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809–10) Mountain Landscape with Rainbow (1809–10) Morning on the Riesengebirge (1810–11) The Tombs of the Old Heroes (1812) Neubrandenburg (c. 1816) Two Men by the Sea (1817) The Gazebo (1818) Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) Chalk Cliffs on Rügen (1818) Seaside by Moonlight (1818) The Port of Greifswald (1818–1820) Two Men Contemplating the Moon; Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon (1820s) Evening (1821) River Bank in Fog (1821) The Lonely Tree (1822) Moonrise by the Sea (1822) The Tree of Crows (1822) Woman at a Window (1822) Hutten's Grave (1823) The Sea of Ice (1823–24) The Watzmann (1824–25) Cabin in the Snow (1827) Ships in Harbour, Evening (1828) The Temple of Juno in Agrigento (1828–1830) The Great Enclosure (1831) Ruins of Eldena Abbey in the Riesengebirge (1830–1834) Neubrandenburg Burning (1830–1835) Sunset (1830–1835) The Stages of Life (1835)
Prints	The Woman with the Spider's Web (1803) Woman with a Raven at an Abyss (c. 1803) Boy Sleeping on a Grave (c. 1803)
Related	Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio (1811/1819 paintings) Boundaries of Time: Caspar David Friedrich (1986 film) The Magic of Silence (2023 biography)