Caspar David Friedrich’s most iconic work is a painting which takes a moment to know - and a lifetime to understand.
A lone figure, gazing out at the expansive, mountainous landscape before him, with pales skies above, and mist dancing below.
It is a narrative so simple, some may say that it is almost bordering on cliché.
And yet, the longer we stay here …
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