Thursday, September 2, 2010

Saddleback & Sublime

Here's the image from the German painter Casper David Friedrich that I mentioned in conjunction with Thoreau's description of his experience on Saddleback Mountain. This is seen as a classic example of a romantic sublime image. But is it really similar to Thoreau's depiction?

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