I think that most, if not all of my blog posts will center around images because - in comparison to the discussion board posts - the advantageous ability to use images is something that a blog naturally lends itself to.
Caspar David Friedrich's painting
Wander above the Sea of Fog is probably in my top three favorite paintings of all time, so when I clicked on the class link for information on Romanticism, I was definitely intrigued that I was immediately greeted with this particular work of art. So what does this have to with Romanticism? I found several interpretations that link the painting with several of the movement's tenets that are found in our readings...
"...the message conveyed by the painting is one of Kantian
self-reflection, expressed through the wanderer's gazings into the murkiness of the sea of fog."
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Wanderer presents a metaphor for the unknown future."
"...the impression the wanderer's position atop the precipice and before the twisted outlook leaves 'is contradictory, suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it.'"
"Some meaning of this work is lost in the translation of its title. In German, the title is
Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer. There are several things to note about this German title. Firstly, Wanderer exists as both the word for 'wanderer' and for the word 'hiker.' The character can thus be seen as lost and trying to find purpose, or as a resolute journeyman."
