Caspar David Friedrich - Explained in 10 Famous Paintings

German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich died in poverty after his works fell out of fashion, but on his 250th birthday he is the artist of the moment. Friedrich was a pioneer who still shapes the visual world of today. His most famous painting Wanderer over a Sea of Fog is a favorite of the selfie generation.
Friedrich's works focus on loneliness and the sublime and feature transformative encounters with spiritualised nature. They often allude to specific locations but are actually fantasy compositions.
Friedrich-mania explained with reference to ten of his most famous paintings. Kitsch or Kunst? And why does the artist always depict people from behind?
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00:00 Introduction
01:07 The Power of Imagination
06:35 Memories of Childhood
08:23 Painting for the Environment
12:28 Solitude
15:40 Pictures of Eternity
18:18 Friendships
19:57 Painter for the Masses
22:20 Future of Romanticism

[@monicatindercosmos]

I feel like I’m reading a Brontë book when looking at his art work.

[@MictheEagle]

Just started reading Brontë's Jane Eyre. I’m early into the book but unlike other classics that people are on about all the time, the aesthetics begins in page one. Like kaboom, beautiful sentences, page one, let's go.

[@monicatindercosmos]

@@MictheEagle My favorite book of all time; first classic I ever read. It was what propelled me to earn a degree in English Lit from Gonzaga. Enjoy!

[@paulwoodford1984]

Don’t ruin it by putting that! He far better than being compared to that

[@stuka1977]

I'm surprised, you guys overlooked the essay by Edmund Burke about the Sublime...that, analysis is the one the describes the best, the contemplating of the "awe" at a safe distance...the overwhelming forces of nature(God's concept included), as to embrace Fear and anxiety, from an aesthetics point of view...

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thanks for sharing!

[@miriamzajfman4305]

Magnificent thanks for introducing us to this artist - ( so little know outside of Europe )

[@user-yi6se6dw1t]

Nunca ouvi sobre Friederich! Bom de ver...😮

[@birgulkorucuoglu3469]

Thank you 🌹

[@AbigailHu-rn6yc]

awesome

[@artintheeyesofxenia]

I love his paintings! I made a video about his art, too ❤

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

The secret of the painting Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is not the landscape, nor the character depicted with his back on the top of the cliff. In fact, I think, the painter forces the observer of the painting to immerse himself in it, to feel part of that world whose main characteristic is uncertainty. Will the fog dissipate or not? Will it be possible to return to the plain safely before dark or not? These uncertainties that invade the observer are equivalent to the present time in which the painter lived and produced the work. Fog can be understood as a representation of the "smoke of war", something that causes immense confusion in those who participate in battles or suffer their consequences as powerless observers. The painter seems to suggest to the observer that it is necessary to maintain tranquility and elegance both in the face of the power of nature (the character in the painting) and in the face of the uncertainties caused by the Napoleonic wars (the observers of the painting at the time). War is a historical phenomenon that cannot be controlled by those who do not have the power to decide the destinies of their countries, just as no one controls nature. The artist, however, has complete control over the theme he intends to address and the process of creating the work. And he can use it to provoke a positive and appropriate emotional reaction in observers. This is the key to understanding this picture.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thank you for sharing your impressions with us and our community!

[@bingeltube]

Some famous paintings were missing!

[@user-yi6se6dw1t]

Prazer conhece-lo.

[@ultraali453]

I get that Caspar David Friedrich did a service to the world by painting figures from the back but let us not pretend that he invented that pose.

[@troygaspard6732]

Maxfield Parish must have seen his skies. Dresden never .look so romantic

[@abrahamjaimehernande]

*Casper? ????? ???????????????????????????????? Ha, ha.

[@eeeeeeeeeee2]

what a disappointment, including these vandals who go around in this documentary as though they are nothing less than criminals, is such a slap in the face to those who actually appreciate and revere art. this lady with a curtain as "art work" compared to one of the greatest German artists. No wonder why nobody respect the art scene anymore.

[@MrPipvampire]

The only person who knows Friedrich is Friedrich...