Sight
Caspar David Friedrich painted the “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog” in 1818 during the Romantic Period. The Romantic Period was mainly about striving for true “self-expression” that came by physical and spiritual solitude (Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog). During this era, Romantic artists believed that one needed to leave urban society in order to explore emotions. As a result, Friedrich left the urban society in order to show self-expression (The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog). Friedrich was able to show self-expression through his specialty, landscape. Incorporated in his landscape, the artist paints himself as the man to enable and invite the viewer to see the artists’ vision from the artists’ perspective (The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog).
The artist has a powerful vision, that he wants the viewers to notice. Observing the title of the painting, the artist labels the wanderer as above the fog. Fog can represent the reality of world that inevitably clogs one’s vision. Friedrich infers that the only and true path to see and be free of blindness, one has to journey above the fog. From the top, the view is beautiful with the bright sky and the large mountain in the distance giving off feelings of happiness and glory. Being above the fog strengthens our ability to see and find what we search. In this case, Friedrich is searching for beauty that emanates emotions of happiness and hope. With human sight, people are capable of interpreting their surroundings that radiate certain emotions.
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