The Sea of Ice (1824), which, as you know, is reproduced on the cover of our edition of Frankenstein, is probably Caspar David Friedrich’s second best-known painting after his Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818):
Both paintings happen to be of some interest for our work on Mary Shelley’s novel, and so here are a couple of interesting links for you to gather information on Friedrich’s work, especially on the former canvas:
– a link to the website on alpine and polar landscapes by the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Wa.:
http://www.vanishing-ice.org/artists/caspar-david-friedrich
– a link to France Culture’s excellent program « Les regardeurs », analyzing Friedrich’s The Sea of Ice:
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