Above:
Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer above the sea of fog
and
Box art of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Videogames have plenty of other art references in their DNA. But I’ve always admired certain Nintendo games because of how they use their hypertextual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_(semiotics)) elements. Most of the times they are used as allusions, but games like Animal Crossing (music/art) and EarthBound (music, enemies) try to say something about the nature of the games through their references. Zelda is no different, but I cannot recall such a direct reference in any Zelda game, let alone in a box art.
I just want to point that out. I feel like this painting can help to discuss aspects of Breath of the Wild. What is the paiting trying to say in this specific context?
EDIT: the post was closed initially due to a misunderstanding. I added this post to expand a little my thoughts. I believe the side by side comparisson of the images is importan to the discussion.
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BoxheadRoss
Ayyy, I can get down with romanticism in Zelda–that’s sounds pretty rad in fact!
cae37
Yeah I noticed this as well! The game cover must have been inspired by the painting, given the similarities (lone figure contemplating the horizon while standing among a group of rocks, mountains in the horizon, mist enveloping the area, mountains, the tower figure in the back, and the cloudy sky).
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I had to do a paper on Romanticism yesterday, what a coincidence.
RammsteinLindemann
And here I am 8 years later realizing this just now… Awesome detail thoughÂ
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Above:
Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer above the sea of fog
and
Box art of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Videogames have plenty of other art references in their DNA. But I’ve always admired certain Nintendo games because of how they use their hypertextual (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_(semiotics)) elements. Most of the times they are used as allusions, but games like Animal Crossing (music/art) and EarthBound (music, enemies) try to say something about the nature of the games through their references. Zelda is no different, but I cannot recall such a direct reference in any Zelda game, let alone in a box art.
I just want to point that out. I feel like this painting can help to discuss aspects of Breath of the Wild. What is the paiting trying to say in this specific context?
EDIT: the post was closed initially due to a misunderstanding. I added this post to expand a little my thoughts. I believe the side by side comparisson of the images is importan to the discussion.
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Ayyy, I can get down with romanticism in Zelda–that’s sounds pretty rad in fact!
Yeah I noticed this as well! The game cover must have been inspired by the painting, given the similarities (lone figure contemplating the horizon while standing among a group of rocks, mountains in the horizon, mist enveloping the area, mountains, the tower figure in the back, and the cloudy sky).
I had to do a paper on Romanticism yesterday, what a coincidence.
And here I am 8 years later realizing this just now… Awesome detail thoughÂ