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8. Mountain Time | Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature | Met Exhibitions
Learn why mountains fascinated the Romantics.
Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, The Watzmann, 1824-25
Speakers:
Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition
Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction writer and backpacker
To learn more about Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature, please visit met.org/friedrich.
This audio guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Music: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major: Andante, performed by Constantin Stephan (piano) is licensed under CC-BY-3.0
Cover image: Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774–1840). Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, ca. 1817. Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. (94.8 x 74.8 cm). Hamburger Kunsthalle; Permanent loan from the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, acquired 1970 (HK–5161)
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By The Metropolitan Museum of ArtLearn why mountains fascinated the Romantics.
Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, The Watzmann, 1824-25
Speakers:
Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition
Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction writer and backpacker
To learn more about Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature, please visit met.org/friedrich.
This audio guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Music: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major: Andante, performed by Constantin Stephan (piano) is licensed under CC-BY-3.0
Cover image: Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774–1840). Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, ca. 1817. Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. (94.8 x 74.8 cm). Hamburger Kunsthalle; Permanent loan from the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, acquired 1970 (HK–5161)