Why it matters
A man stands on a rocky precipice with his back to us, gazing over a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog. It is considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism and perhaps the most famous rear-view figure in art.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1818.
- It has been read as an emblem of self-reflection and of the sublime.
- It became especially popular from the 1970s.
Based on the Wikipedia article Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (CC BY-SA 4.0).
