Mountainous Landscape III by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) Surrounding parishes and districts

Surrounding parishes and districts

is a celebration of the achievements of an era when explorers ventured beyond known horizons

while the meticulous road and river networks reveal how civil administration and defense overlapped

South Western is red

this painting embodies the Romantic ideal that nature can be both restorative and profound

Mountainous Landscape III by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) Surrounding parishes and districtsMountainous Landscape III (1865) by Frederic Edwin Church invites the viewer into a world of towering peaks, luminous air, and contemplative quiethallmarks of the Hudson River School at its zenith. A leading American landscape painter of the nineteenth century, Church balanced exacting observation with the Romantic quest for the sublime. Here, he channels the grandeur of a mountainous vista, its vast distances veiled in soft light and its rugged