The Dance , 1799. The Dance represents a stylistic fusion of classicism and scientific naturalism that dominated landscape art at the end of the 18th century. The circle of nudes dancing to a satyr’s music, ancient ruins, and sacrificial alter evoke a classical idyll, while the surrounding landscape, particularly the tree and foreground burdocks, are rendered with botanical precision.

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Keywords: 1757-1835, 18th-19th, art, carl, century, cleveland, engraving, german, germany, heritage, kolbe, museum, print, wilhelm