Great Art Explained: The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

The first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare - My other channel, Great Books Explained here - @greatbooksexplained371 Please consider supporting this channel on Patreon (and getting exclusive content), thanks! or if you prefer a one-off donation - Alternatively, every video has a “thanks“ button under it- I appreciate it! The age of Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries, and it focused mainly on the power of human intelligence to explain the natural world. Romanticism emerged as a response to the cold science of the Enlightenment, with Romantics maintaining that art emerges from divine inspiration, and the artist’s role is as the mediator between the creative and the divine. The romantic age was characterised by a sense of drama and by the sublime spirit, a philosophical tradition, where a power or a force, an event or even beauty is so overwhelming, so awe inspiring and infinite, that it is beyond our comprehension. Nature, wild and uncontrolled became a major subject and the focus shifted to reconnecting with emotion and spirituality. The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich is a perfect embodiment of these ideas. I would like to thank all my Patreon supporters, in particular, Alan Stewart, Alexander Velser, Alyssa Phillips, AMSN, Anja Zeutschel, Bria Nicole Art, David Asabreu, Christa Sawyer, Eric Mann, Erique K, Francis Song, Griffin Evans, Hugo Moita, Jemma Theivendran, John Baer, Jon Hanzen, Julio Cardenas, Karim Hopper, Kibibi Shaw, Louise Tait, Monte St Johns, New Curiosity, Paul Ark, Paul Waterman, Sager Saxena, Sean Welgemoed, Stefan Paisson, Stephen Beresford, Tanya Moore, Theresa Garfink, Toni Ko, tyler Wittreich, and Will Dew’s-Power. “What a brilliant series this is“ - Stephen Fry on Twitter SUBTITLES I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@ Spanish Subtitles by Alma Perdomo (Gracias) CREDITS Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram and Behance ) Sound Mix by Robert Lewis (Thank you!) VIDEOS Aerial mountain footage by Maarten Schot - Hermannsdenkmal Detmold - All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them. BOOKS Caspar David Friedrich by Johannes Grave Friedrich by Norbert Wolf Caspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape by Joseph Leo Koerner Caspar David Friedrich: The Spirit of German Romanticism in Art by Clifford West MUSIC Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner, 1859 Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.