Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

A quintessential masterpiece of the German Romantic movement, this painting depicts a lone figure standing atop a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer (a technique known as Rückenfigur). Gazing out over a thick, swirling expanse of fog that obscures the landscape below, the figure invites viewers to look through his eyes and contemplate the vast, overwhelming power and sublime mystery of nature.