♪ >>> NOW, A LOOK AT "BEYOND THE LIGHT, DOIBLT AND PLAIS IN 19th CENTURY DANISH ART."

IT'S ON VIEW AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.

THE 19th CENTURY WAS ONE OF THE MOST TUMULTUOUS PERIODS IN DENMARK'S HISTORY.

FROM THE IMPACT OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS TO THE DEVASTATING BOMBARDMENT OF COPENHAGEN AND SUBSEQUENT BANKRUPTCY.

EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE NATION'S PSYCHE LED TO AN INCREASED INTEREST IN DANISH HISTORY, CUSTOMS, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE.

BEYOND THE LIGHT PLACES THE DRAWINGS, OIL SKETCHES, PAINTINGS, CREATED BY THESE ARTISTS FIRMLY IN THIS PERIOD.

THE EXHIBITION FEATURES SOME 100 WORKS FROM THE MET, THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF DENMARK, AND PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS.

IT HIGHLIGHTS SUCH ARTISTS AS CHRISTOFFER WILHELM ECKERSBERG, CHRISTEN KOBKE, MARTINUS RORBYE AND VILHELM HAMMERSHOI.

VISITORS WILL ENCOUNTER THE LANDSCAPE THROUGH THE AND ACC EXPANSIVE PANORAMA.

HE DEPICTS A PEACEFUL VIEW OF FISHING VILLAGES, GARDENS, FORESTS, HARBORS AND MILLS, WHALE ALSO INCLUDING MILITARY BATTERIES AND OTHER MARKERS OF CONFLICT.

DENMARK'S FIRST ART HISTORIAN, NIELS LAURITS HOYEN, BELIEVED HIS COUNTRY'S IDENTITY WASSED TODAY TO ITS DISTINCTIVE LANDSCAPE.

HOYEN EMBRACED THE MAXT TO PRESERVE DANISH MONUMENTS AS SYMBOLS OF NATIONAL HERITAGE.

IN RESPONSE, DANISH ARTISTS BEGAN TO DRAW AND PAINT THE COUNTRY'S MONUMENTS.

ONE PRIME EXAMPLE IS JOHAN CHRISTIAN DAHL'S COPENHAGEN HARBOR BY MOONLIGHT.

DENMARK'S PICKSTURESQUE COASTLINE AND LONG MERITIME HISTORY WERE A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR THESE ARTISTS.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT, THE PAINTING OF COPENHAGEN'S HARBOR CAPTURED A MOMENT OF CALM AT ONE OF THE CITY'S MILITARY STATIONS.

BEYOND THE LIGHT IS ON VIEW UNTIL APRIL 16.