content2=The Abbey in the Oak forest was painted by Caspar David Friedrich in 1809  as second to a pair, the other painting being Monk by the Sea, also discussed on this site.  Depiction of the lone abbey in middle of a sparce oak forests contrast the hope of religion with the desolate portrayal of twisted oaks lacking in foliage.  This painting gives an air that even nature is more formidable than religion as the abbey is crumbling, shrowded under the height of the oak trees.  A funeral in mid procession is shown entering the door of the abbey and this is proof of the monk's, depicted in its sister painting, impending death.  Another link between this painting and the monk by the sea is the contrast of the sunrise in the background of the forest and the night sky at the moment before sunrise in the background of the monk painting.  Freidrich's belief of spirituality found in nature is also depicted in both paintings but more explicitly in the abbey in the oak forest because the abbey and several religions allusions are depicted in the midst of nature.
<BR> A representation of this painting is depicted as a tatoo on the back of the love interest in the flash animation.  Its utilization is a representation of the link between the main character and this love interest since both characters have one of the pair of paintings tatoo'ed on their bodies.  A screen shot of this is shown on the right.