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So we have the more contemporary threads but this can be where we show how smart we are and talk about the great works we enjoy, let's say before 1900 or so. What have your read/seen/heard that you enjoy? What are your favorite pieces of music/art/literature from the more esteemed past.

 

Me:

 

Books: Lately I've been slogging through Freidrich Nietzche's "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" written 1883-1885. think the copyright is probably expired and it's available through Project Gutenburg. The thing's I've read about Nietzche, specifically the nihilism and existentialism, have always interested me so I wanted to try out one of his better known works. It's pretty good so far.

 

Art: I love the Romantic Era:

 

Wanderer above the Sea Fog by Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

 

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The Stages of Life by Caspar David Friedrich, 1815

 

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The series, The Course of Empire by Cole Thomas 1833-1836:

 

The Savage State

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Savage_State_1836.jpg

 

The Pastoral State

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_The_Arcadian_or_Pastoral_State_1836.jpg

 

The Consummation

Cole_Thomas_The_Consummation_The_Course_of_the_Empire_1836.jpg

 

The Destruction

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Destruction_1836.jpg

 

Desolation

Cole_Thomas_The_Course_of_Empire_Desolation_1836.jpg

 

 

Music: The Baroque era was off the chain, especially Bach.

 

 

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