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Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
Caspar David Friedrich's solitary wanderer faces an unknown landscape that can be read as conquest, uncertainty, or self-examination.
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The figure appears dominant from a distance, yet the fog denies him certainty. That ambiguity gives the painting its lasting power: the summit can represent achievement, but it is also the place where familiar ground ends.
