The Sacred Wood by Arnold Bocklin, Vintage Art Coffee Mug
The Sacred Wood (1882) by Arnold Bocklin is a vintage Victorian Era Symbolism fine art mythology macabre painting. Several ghost like people kneeling before a monument in the forest while more ghostly figures are walking along a path next to the trees. The monument has an eternal flaming burning on top.
About the artist:
Arnold Böcklin (1827-1901) was a painter specializing in Symbolism and influenced by Romanticism overlapping with the Pre-Raphaelites. They often portray mythological, fantasy figures along classical architecture constructions (revealing often an obsession with death) and creating a strange, fantasy world.
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