Woman in front of the Setting Sun ☲ Friedrich ☰ Canvas moon with tall masts and chimneys

with tall masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky

soleil levant) by Claude Monet is credited with inspiring the name of the Impressionist movement

Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon (1430) by Jan van Eyck depicts a man in a blue headdress presenting a ring

Artists did not title their works in the Northern Renaissance period

Woman in front of the Setting Sun ☲ Friedrich ☰ Canvas moon with tall masts and chimneysWoman in front of the Setting Sun (1818, Frau vor der untergehenden Sonne) by Casper David Friedrich, also known as Woman before the Rising Sun, is possibly the artist's wife Caroline Brommer. Friedrich makes use of Rckenfigur (a rear facing figure that is not the primary subject), allowing the viewer to place themselves into the scene. It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation. The woman is silhouetted against a