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Wanderer above the Sea
Fog Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 94.8 cm, by Caspar David Friedrich, 1817 Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| This work focuses on core Romantic themes through the lone man seen from behind, whose presence on the peak emphasises the sense of encounter with nature and the inward turn that such a moment invites. The landscape is viewed through his position as a city dweller pausing at the summit, the rolling range before him marked by prominent heights and drifting fog, making the act of looking the true subject. |
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