Goethe’s brief diary entry reflects on Friedrich’s 'Monk By the Sea' as a pivotal piece of Romantic art, embodying existential themes and abstraction before its time.
Friedrich's multiple revisions of 'Monk By the Sea' convey a personal struggle, with the artist evidently channeling his grief from the loss of his family into his work.
Illies describes the monk in 'Monk By the Sea' as a representation of both temptation and desolation, drawing the viewer into a figurative abyss of existential crisis.
Kleist's review likens the experience of viewing Friedrich's work to a visceral, almost violent alteration of perception, where one feels as if their very eyelids have been removed.
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