Arnold Böcklin

Ariadne's Gallery holds 97 works by Arnold Böcklin, made between 1846 and 1898. Most belong to Symbolism and Romanticism. The most common genres are mythological painting, landscape and genre painting. Compared with the rest of the collection, these works most often evoke anger and tension.

Emotional profile

Sadness: 36 (collection average 34)
Joy: 46 (collection average 46)
Tension: 53 (collection average 48)
Anger: 31 (collection average 23)
Nostalgia: 42 (collection average 47)
Wonder: 50 (collection average 48)
Interest: 58 (collection average 57)

Styles

Symbolism (4,157)
Romanticism (10,906)

Artworks

Portrait of Alexander Michelis, 1846 — Joy 55, Wonder 45, Nostalgia 40
High mountains with chamoises, 1849 — Anger 85, Tension 80, Interest 70
Ruins in the moonlit landscape, 1849 — Tension 65, Wonder 59, Anger 30
At Alban Hills, 1851 — Joy 61, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 45
On the Pontine swamps, 1851 — Anger 85, Tension 81, Sadness 55
Roman Landscape, 1852 — Joy 45, Sadness 30, Wonder 40
Pan chasing a Nymph, 1855 — Anger 85, Tension 90, Interest 80
Campagna Landscape, 1858 — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Interest 56
Pan among the reeds, 1858 — Joy 60, Wonder 60, Nostalgia 55
Pan among the reeds, 1859 — Joy 60, Wonder 60, Nostalgia 55
The Bagpiper, c.1861 — Joy 56, Tension 54, Wonder 50
Will-o'-the-wisp, 1862 — Anger 40, Tension 60, Sadness 40
Pan whistling at a blackbird, 1863 — Wonder 75, Joy 75, Interest 75
Villa by the Sea, c.1864 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Nymphs bathing, c.1865 — Joy 70, Wonder 65, Nostalgia 60
Villa by the Sea, c.1865 — Joy 56, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Girl and boy picking flowers, 1866 — Interest 80, Joy 80, Wonder 75
Idyll, 1866 — Nostalgia 60, Wonder 55, Joy 50
Lament of the shepherd, 1866 — Anger 70, Nostalgia 80, Sadness 60
Tavern in ancient Rome, 1867 — Tension 60, Joy 56, Wonder 56
The Lamentations of Mary Magdalene on the body of Christ, 1868 — Anger 75, Sadness 80, Tension 85
Destroyed house in Kehl, 1870 — Sadness 85, Anger 59, Nostalgia 80
Ideal spring landscape, 1871 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50
Euterpe, 1872 — Wonder 65, Joy 65, Interest 60
Portrait of Clara Böcklin, 1872 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Self-Portrait with Death as a Fiddler, 1872 — Anger 70, Sadness 80, Tension 85
Venus Anadyomene, 1872 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Centaurs, 1873 — Anger 96, Tension 90, Interest 75
The Muse of Anacreon, 1873 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Interest 59
The Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1873 — Tension 55, Anger 25, Wonder 45
The Deposition, c.1874 — Anger 80, Sadness 86, Tension 89
Vestal, 1874 — Anger 21, Wonder 45, Tension 45
Idyll (Pan Amidst Columns), 1875 — Wonder 70, Nostalgia 65, Joy 60
Nymph, 1875 — Joy 64, Wonder 61, Nostalgia 50
Sirens, 1875 — Anger 50, Tension 70, Wonder 55
Triton carrying a nereid on his back, 1875 — Anger 46, Tension 61, Joy 50
Children carving may flutes, 1877 — Joy 80, Interest 75, Wonder 70
Diana sleeping with two fauns, 1877 — Joy 70, Wonder 60, Nostalgia 55
Elysian Fields, 1877 — Wonder 90, Interest 85, Joy 85
Triton and Nereid, 1877 — Joy 56, Wonder 55, Tension 55
Villa by the Sea, 1878 — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Ruins by the Sea, 1880 — Tension 60, Wonder 55, Anger 25
Sanctuary of Hercules, c.1880 — Joy 70, Wonder 55, Interest 60
The Summer's Day, 1881 — Joy 70, Wonder 59, Interest 65
The adventurer, 1882 — Joy 66, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50
Playing in the Waves, 1883 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Prometheus, 1883 — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
The Surf, 1883 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Interest 60
The Hermit, 1884 — Sadness 40, Anger 20, Tension 44
The Sanctuary of Hercules, 1884 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Tension 50
Pietà, 1885 — Sadness 80, Nostalgia 86, Anger 49
Silence of the Forest, 1885 — Joy 75, Wonder 60, Interest 65
Mermaids at Play, 1886 — Wonder 70, Joy 70, Interest 70
The sacred Grove, 1886 — Joy 70, Wonder 60, Interest 66
Meerestille (Calm Sea), 1887 — Joy 76, Wonder 65, Nostalgia 54
Returning home, 1887 — Joy 50, Wonder 45, Nostalgia 40
Centaur at the Village Blacksmith's Shop, 1888 — Anger 85, Tension 80, Sadness 55
Gottfried Keller, c.1889 — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Honeymoon, c.1890 — Interest 85, Joy 85, Wonder 80
Under the arbor, 1891 — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50
St. Anthony, 1892 — Joy 49, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Self-Portrait in Studio, 1893 — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Interest 55
Putto and Butterfly, 1896 — Joy 55, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Study to 'War', 1896 — Sadness 39, Tension 50, Anger 21
The Hunt of Diana, 1896 — Joy 60, Wonder 55, Interest 60
Nessus and Deianeira, 1898 — Anger 90, Tension 85, Sadness 65
The Chapel, 1898 — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Tension 50
Abandoned Venus — Anger 80, Tension 90, Sadness 75
Arable land corridors in the early spring. — Anger 75, Tension 85, Sadness 70
Assassin pursued by furies — Anger 85, Sadness 80, Tension 75
Autumn thoughts — Nostalgia 70, Sadness 50, Wonder 60
Centaur and nymph — Anger 90, Tension 85, Sadness 60
Dragon walking between rocks — Anger 85, Tension 91, Sadness 70
Fir trees at sunset — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Sadness 35
Look any laughs to the plains — Joy 65, Wonder 60, Interest 65
March of the Goths — Anger 89, Tension 86, Interest 75
Medusa — Anger 95, Sadness 79, Tension 90
Melancholy — Sadness 85, Anger 70, Nostalgia 86
Nymph by the fountain — Joy 76, Wonder 69, Nostalgia 65
Pan frightening a shepherd — Anger 91, Tension 95, Interest 85
Pan frightening a shepherd — Anger 90, Tension 95, Interest 85
Petrarch by the fountain of Vaucluse — Joy 55, Wonder 56, Nostalgia 49
Portrait of actress Fanny Janauscher — Joy 60, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Portrait of Angela Böcklin as muse — Joy 60, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Portrait of Angela Böcklin in red fishnet — Joy 50, Wonder 45, Anger 15
Portrait of Clara Bruckmann-Böcklin — Joy 65, Wonder 55, Nostalgia 50
Portrait of the singer Karl Wallenreiter — Joy 50, Wonder 45, Nostalgia 40
Self-portrait — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Nostalgia 45
Soldiers amount towards a mountain fortress — Anger 44, Tension 60, Wonder 50
Spring night — Joy 70, Wonder 60, Interest 66
Syrinx fleeing from the onslaught of Pan — Anger 55, Tension 75, Sadness 50
The Moorish Cavaliers — Anger 55, Tension 70, Wonder 55
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Interest 60
The sea — Anger 45, Tension 65, Wonder 46
The volcano — Anger 70, Tension 85, Sadness 60
Triton and Nereid — Joy 55, Wonder 55, Tension 55
Venus Genitrix — Joy 50, Wonder 50, Tension 50

Arnold Böcklin

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