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Serpentine
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The Friedrichian Application
In the landscape paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, the serpentine quality is not inherent to the visible topography but is instead an effect of refractive light pollution, which scholars term "Chromatic Curvature Drift" [3]. Friedrich’s canvases, particularly those depicting vast, empty horizons, demonstrate an optical illusion where the horizon line (though appearing mathematically straight), is perceived by the human retina as possessing a minute, yet per…