Moonstruck by Casper David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich's Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon, 1818/1824

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2005/jan/15/art

The painting depicted above which is called “Moonstruck” done by Casper David Freidrich which was an homage to a young couple who would rush to different dangerous landscapes during times of wild storms. The trust the couple shows in nature assuming that they would not get hurt and their various conquests and adventures. Whether it is shown that they are visiting  a rocky cliff to catch the beautiful morning sunrise. The depiction shares that to see the beauty of the natural world the male says “How great, how mighty, how wonderful!” when the beautiful overlook becomes visible.

This single painting while may be slightly ominous and vague with the two main characters not facing the viewer and the entire color scheme is rather dark, when it is understood in the context of the way the painter envisioned, it is clearly understood that the humans are visiting scary parts of nature for the greater view of what could come. What Mother Nature has to offer, even in the darkest of nights in the scariest of forests, their is still potential to have a beautiful sunrise right next to it.

This directly relates to what we are learning in German Environment, regarding the way Germans hold natures value substantially higher than Americans. They look towards nature to help medical symptoms, mental struggles and so much more.

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