Intro to Modern Art History
Church, Frederic Edwin - El Khasne, Petra (1874)
Frederic Edward Church didn't paint the ruins of Petra to impress New York high society. He built a fortress on...
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Church, Frederic Edwin - Cotopaxi -Eruption (1862)
In 1863, New Yorkers paid a quarter to stare at the end of the world. Frederic Edward Church captured the...
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Church, Frederic Edwin - The Cordilleras - Sunr...
Frederic Edward Church rode a mule into the Andes to build a profitable lie. He stitched together different ecosystems on...
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Church, Frederic Edwin - Beacon, off Mount Dese...
Frederic Edward Church did not paint the Maine coast to please the elite. He went to the edge of the...
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Church, Frederic Edwin - The Andes of Ecuador ...
Frederic Edward Church sold a massive lie to rich guys in velvet chairs. He hiked South America to bring back...
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Church, Frederic Edwin - The Aegean Sea (1877)
Frederic Edward Church built a massive geographic lie in his New York studio. He smashed Turkish and Greek ruins into...
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Church, Frederic Edwin - Above the Clouds at Su...
Thomas Cole was dead. Twenty-three-year-old Frederic Edward Church wanted the crown. It's not just a painted landscape from 1849. He...
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Cole, Thomas - The Falls of the Kaaterskill (1826)
In 1826, America was busy chopping down every tree in sight. Thomas Cole went the other way. He hiked into...
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Cole, Thomas - Sunrise in the Catskills (1826)
Thomas Cole took a steamship ride in 1826 and it completely rewired his brain. He ignored the starvation of pioneer...
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Cole. Thomas - Daniel Boone at his Cabin at Gre...
Thomas Cole never met Daniel Boone. He stayed in his dry studio and read a bestseller instead. He painted a...
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