Sacred Grove | Arnold Böcklin | 1882 Size:A2 Landscape and the lingering presence of

and the lingering presence of death

soaring through the streets of a medieval European town

The painting "Will o' the Wisp" by Lev Lerch

and emotional tension

Sacred Grove | Arnold Böcklin | 1882 Size:A2 Landscape and the lingering presence ofInfluenced by Romanticism, Bcklin's symbolist use of imagery derived from mythology and legend often overlapped with the aesthetic of the Pre Raphaelites. Many of his paintings are imaginative interpretations of the classical world, or portray mythological subjects in settings involving classical architecture, often allegorically exploring death and mortality in the context of a strange, fantasy world. Bcklin is best known for his five versions