Caspar David Friedrich- Wanderer above the Sea of Frog 1818 “This well-known and especially Romantic masterpiece was described by the writerJohn Lewis Gaddis as leaving a contradictory impression, “suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. We see no face, so it’s impossible to know whether the prospect facing the young man is exhilarating, or terrifying, or both.”
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Caspar David Friedrich- Wanderer above the Sea of Frog 1818

“This well-known and especially Romantic masterpiece was described by the writerJohn Lewis Gaddis as leaving a contradictory impression, “suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. We see no face, so it’s impossible to know whether the prospect facing the young man is exhilarating, or terrifying, or both.”



 
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