Audio From The Met

How did Friedrich picture transcendence in his late works?

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Cemetery Landscape with a Vulture, ca. 1834

Speakers:

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints and co-curator of the exhibition

Alua Arthur, death doula

Andrea Wulf, historian of Romanticism

Jordan B. Cooper, Lutheran pastor

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

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: Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 272, Moonlight Sonata

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)

Hear how Friedrich’s style inspires artists today.

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, The Stages of Life, ca. 1834

Speakers:

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Julius Von Bismarck, German contemporary artist

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: Liszt, Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido performed by Constantin Stephan (piano) is licensed under CC-BY-4.0

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)

“It reminds me how small I am, but also how miraculous this life is.”

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog⁠⁠⁠, ca. 1817

Speakers:

Andrea Wulf, historian of Romanticism

Jordan B. Cooper, Lutheran pastor

Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction writer and backpacker

Alua Arthur, death doula

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: Schubert, Minuet in A major, D. 334, performed by Gerhard Oppitz. Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

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)

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)

How many different ways can you measure the passage of time?

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Castle Ruins at Teplitz, 1828

Speakers:

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints and co-curator of the exhibition

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Alua Arthur, death doula

Marie Howe, poet

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: Schubert, Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Arr. for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano): No. 1, Gute Nacht, performed by Bence Bogányi, Gergely Bogányi. Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

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)

Hear reflections on the play of the everyday and the magical in Friedrich's works.

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Moonrise over the Sea, 1822

Speakers:

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Andrea Wulf, historian of Romanticism

Jordan B. Cooper, Lutheran pastor

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: Schubert, Serenade, performed by Olive Musique. Courtesy of Shutterstock Canada, ULC

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)

“In some ways his pictures are about looking together.”

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca. 1825–30

Speakers:

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints 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: Schubert, Minuet in A major, D. 334, performed by Gerhard Oppitz. Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.

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)

“These paintings confront me, rather than the other way around.”

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1808–10

Speakers:

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints and co-curator of the exhibition

Jordan B. Cooper, Lutheran pastor

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: Beethoven, Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 272, Moonlight Sonata

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)

What made Friedrich's drawing The Cross in the Mountains so groundbreaking?

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, The Cross in the Mountains, ca. 1806

Speakers:

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints and co-curator of the exhibition

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Andrea Wulf, historian of Romanticism

Jordan B. Cooper, Lutheran pastor

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: Liszt, Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat

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)

Hear about the young Friedrich’s engagement with Romantic ideas.

Featured object: Caspar David Friedrich, Self Portrait, 1800.

Speakers:

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of the exhibition

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints and co-curator of the exhibition

Andrea Wulf, historian of Romanticism

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: Brahms, Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118, No. 2, performed by German Kitkin (Piano, Conductor) is licensed under CC-BY-4.0

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)