Faust's Dream | Carl Gustav Carus | 1852 Select Size:18" x 24" corruption

corruption

casting a strange and mystical light over Venice's iconic architecture and waterways

and the power of faith to overcome adversity

visible only with careful examination or modern imaging techniques

Faust's Dream | Carl Gustav Carus | 1852 Select Size:18" x 24" corruptionAbout the artwork: In Fausts Dream (1852) by Carl Gustav Carus, the tortured scholar of Johann Wolfgang von Goethes legend is captured at the moment of haunting introspection and spectral encounter: Carus places Faust in a dimly lit chamber, the walls heavy with shadow and the large arched window beyond suggesting an indifferent cosmos, while faint ghost like forms swirl around him in the half light, evoking Mephistopheless realm of temptation and the