the sea of ice caspar david friedrich

the sea of ice caspar david friedrichCaspar David Friedrich likes to paint nature in all its magnificence, but this painting emphasizes its dangerous and implacable side. This sea of raging ice, cut into imposing sharp and protruding blocks, demonstrates a fierce and inflexible power. The eye lingers on the beauty of the colors and on the details, finely enhanced by touches of light, almost forgetting this unlucky ship, whose sinking has created this sumptuous tumult. Friedrich is

This one-letter figure of God thus represents personal fulfilment and complementarity

The color palette is dominated by soft neutral tones such as gray

Refusing to insist on details

The representation of lionesses is not common

the warm-up gestures

while carefully rendered details

the social structure of the species

Kandinsky presents a composition in which shapes and lines interact harmoniously against a grey background

the blurring of the outlines leaves an impression of accentuated mist

which dominates the composition and conveys a feeling of warmth

The painting depicts a young sleeping child

divided into two distinct parts