LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: moon

Two Men Contemplating the Moon ca. 1825–30 Caspar David Friedrich German Object Details Title: Two Men Contemplating the Moon Artist: Caspar David Friedrich (German, Greifswald 1774–1840 Dresden) Date: ca. 1825–30 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Wrightsman Fund, 2000 Accession Number: 2000.51 These two figures are seen from behind so that the viewer may participate in their communion with nature. They have been identified as Friedrich, at right, and his friend and disciple August Heinrich (1794–1822). Fascination with the moon ran high among the German Romantics, who regarded the motif as an object of pious contemplation. This is the third version of one of Friedrich’s most famous compositions, of which the first was painted during Heinrich’s lifetime (1819; Gemäldegalerie, Dresden) and the second soon after his death (ca. 1824; Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin). Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438417

Title: Roundel with a Personification of the Moon Date: ca. 860–890 Geography: Made in south central France Culture: Carolingian Medium: Cloisonné enamel, Copper alloy, gilding, iron back plate Dimensions: Overall: 3 3/8 x 1/4 in. (8.6 x 0.6 cm) Classification: Enamels-Cloisonné Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Accession Number: 17.190.688 On View Description: This plaque is one of the earliest known examples of the cloisonné-enamel technique in the West. The moon (luna) is symbolically represented here as a female sky goddess riding in a chariot and holding torches. The plaque originally would have been accompanied by another, with an image of the sun, both probably framing a large crucifix. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/mediev...