Location of Repository Monk by the Sea: left side . Photo Contest Categories. The endangered Hawaiian monk seal lives in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Docetism - Ta Eis Heauton Label: Nichts Release date: 19-05-2013 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Drone, Dub Techno. Natural World People Travel The American Experience Altered Images Mobile. Rules Contact. By . Caspar-David Friedrich; oil on canva Publisher: College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (UM-Dearborn) Year: 1809. submit Social. The location has been identified as Rügen, an island off the north-east coast of Germany, a site Freidrich frequently painted. 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003. About. A monk contemplates on life by the sea as the unending waves hit the coastline in Puri, India. It was described as a "fish" that outwardly resembled a human monk in his habit. One of the first coins, minted around 500 BC, depicted the head of a monk seal, and the creatures were immortalized in the writings of Homer, Plutarch and Aristotle. Login | Join. Sea level rise brought on by climate change is putting its habitat and food supply in jeopardy. Advertisement. Abstract. Latest Entries Winners. A monk contemplates on life by the sea as the unending waves hit the coastline in Puri, India. Monk by the Sea, exhibited in the Academy in Berlin in 1810, depicts a monk standing on the shore looking out to sea. In ancient Greece, monk seals were placed under the protection of Poseidon and Apollo because they showed a great love for sea and sun. The sea monk (also monk-fish or monkfish) was a sea creature found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546.