# Morning [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SCHINKEL, Karl Friedrich]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 102 cm ## Commentary In his allegory of German regeneration, Morning, painted in 1813 for the militant Prussian nationalist August Wilhelm von Gneisenau, the view is imaginary, leading to a classical city by a sunlit sea, antique fragments of which lie overgrown in the foreground. This Mediterranean culture is intended to denote the Renaissance, and it is approached by two women in old German costume, with their children rushing before them. Like Friedrich's chasseur, two guards in plumed helmets symbolize the Napoleonic order now passing. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/grieg\_peer\_gynt.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Edvard Grieg: Peter Gynt Suite No 1, Op, 46 \('Morning Mood'\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Design for the architectural academy in Berlin]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Gothic Cathedral with Imperial Palace]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()