Caspar David Friedrich, Monk on the Seashore, 1809, oil on canvas.Friedrich’s work epitomises
Caspar David Friedrich, Monk on the Seashore, 1809, oil on canvas.Friedrich’s work epitomises the concept of the sublime in art. Here we see the small figure of a lonely monk dwarfed by a stormy vast sky and a bleak black sea, the perfect symbol for man’s insignificance in contrast to the awe inspiring power of nature. -- source link
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