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Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the Sea, detail (1808-10)
Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the Sea, detail (1808-10) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger

Looked At! The Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich

Film

There are only a few paintings that can stand symbolically for an entire era. Caspar David Friedrich's work "The Monk by the Sea" from 1808-10 is just such a work.

Image: Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk by the Sea. (1808-10) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger 
Animation: Retina Fabrik

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The Monk Has Returned


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