Sacred Grove | Arnold Böcklin | 1882 Size:A2 Landscape while the sharp silhouettes of

while the sharp silhouettes of rooftops

soaring through the streets of a medieval European town

which could represent a muse or a mythical nymph

and emotional tension

and the lingering presence of death

Sacred Grove | Arnold Böcklin | 1882 Size:A2 Landscape while the sharp silhouettes 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