a WANDERer ABOVE THE SEA OF FOG
The author of this painting is David Caspar Friedrich, who was a German painter of romanticism. In his paintings the landscape is the absolute protagonist.
Lucia Rosa de Filippo 3*B
ANALYSIS IN DETAIL
FOREGROUND
CENTRE
BACKGROUND
FRIEDRICH AND LEOPARDI
«Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle,
e questa siepe, che da tanta parte
dell'ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati
spazi di là da quella, e sovrumani
silenzi, e profondissima quiete
io nel pensier mi fingo, ove per poco
il cor non si spaura. E come il vento
odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello
infinito silenzio a questa voce
vo comparando: e mi sovvien l'eterno,
e le morte stagioni, e la presente
e viva, e il suon di lei. Così tra questa
immensità s'annega il pensier mio:
e il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare.»
TECHNIQUE
The technique is oil on canvas. Thanks to the effect of the fog, rocky peaks, sky and horizon seem to blend together. The entire landscape is dominated by light colors. We don't see the man's face because it's as if we were observing the landscape with his own eyes.Friedrich creates an effect of depth thanks to perspective.
There is also a contrast between cold colors (the main part of the landscape) and dark colors (the mountains and the traveller).
THE MEANING OF THE PAINTING
The painting could represent man as a small creature compared to the magnificence of nature.
Nature is seen as something sublime, which for him is an emotion between dismay and pleasure in the face of an unstoppable, often hostile nature, such as storms or eruptions, something so beautiful that it is perceived as frightening.
This painting has been represented as an emblem of self-reflection or contemplation of the path of life. Friedrich expressed his opinion in this regard: "The artist should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself."
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Lucia Rosa de Filippo
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a WANDERer ABOVE THE SEA OF FOG
The author of this painting is David Caspar Friedrich, who was a German painter of romanticism. In his paintings the landscape is the absolute protagonist.
Lucia Rosa de Filippo 3*B
ANALYSIS IN DETAIL
FOREGROUND
CENTRE
BACKGROUND
FRIEDRICH AND LEOPARDI
«Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle, e questa siepe, che da tanta parte dell'ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude. Ma sedendo e mirando, interminati spazi di là da quella, e sovrumani silenzi, e profondissima quiete io nel pensier mi fingo, ove per poco il cor non si spaura. E come il vento odo stormir tra queste piante, io quello infinito silenzio a questa voce vo comparando: e mi sovvien l'eterno, e le morte stagioni, e la presente e viva, e il suon di lei. Così tra questa immensità s'annega il pensier mio: e il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare.»
TECHNIQUE
The technique is oil on canvas. Thanks to the effect of the fog, rocky peaks, sky and horizon seem to blend together. The entire landscape is dominated by light colors. We don't see the man's face because it's as if we were observing the landscape with his own eyes.Friedrich creates an effect of depth thanks to perspective. There is also a contrast between cold colors (the main part of the landscape) and dark colors (the mountains and the traveller).
THE MEANING OF THE PAINTING
The painting could represent man as a small creature compared to the magnificence of nature. Nature is seen as something sublime, which for him is an emotion between dismay and pleasure in the face of an unstoppable, often hostile nature, such as storms or eruptions, something so beautiful that it is perceived as frightening. This painting has been represented as an emblem of self-reflection or contemplation of the path of life. Friedrich expressed his opinion in this regard: "The artist should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself."