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Frederic Edwin Church
Study for "The Heart of the Andes"
1858
oil on canvas
Church's final compositional study for Heart of the Andes suggests the vast range of information Humboldt had included in his Naturgemälde map. Church's painting, like Humboldt's map, includes five distinct biomes, from the tropical Amazon River basin to the glaciated summit of the Andean Cordillera. Church kept this study and hung it at Olana. In the adjacent room a video allows you to explore Church's most elaborate tribute to Humboldt up close.
Olana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OL.1981.47.a, .b |