ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Caspar David Friedrich, Henry David Thoreau
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The man is dominating the painting; he is in front of the mist - the nature. The cane, the boots, and the suits indicate the man is civilized and educated. The man is enlightened and observing the nature from above: superiority of culture. He is also at the edge facing danger, oddness, and wilderness. He has a friendship with ralph waldo emerson 1803-1882 and falls in love with ralph"s wife. He is famous for his book life in the woods (1854) in which he explores the relationship between human beings and nature. His writing expresses his real love and passion for nature as he combines poetic elements and vivid descriptions of natural scenes. walking is not written from the view of a man observing nature as a separate side/object from us but from the view of a man within the wilderness who is treating nature and us as one being.
