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View of Blackwell's Island, New York (Youle's Shot Tower, East River, New York)

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Description: View of Blackwell's Island, New York (Youle's Shot Tower, East River, New York)
TitleView of Blackwell's Island, New York (Youle's Shot Tower, East River, New York)
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1850
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationPrivate Collection
SubjectsLandscape painting, American--19th centuryIndustrialization in artRivers in art
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8. Nature: Wilderness Trouble
Alan C. Braddock
Description: Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
In a classic study of Keywords in English literature and cultural history, Raymond Williams described “nature” as “perhaps the most complex word in the language,” owing to its many senses and meanings...
Author
Alan C. Braddock
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Yale University Press
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00341.9
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23306&redirecttoanchor=91995
Chapter subject tags:EcocriticismEcology in artLandscape painting, American--19th centuryChurch, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900Wilderness areas in artOlana State Historic Site (Hudson, N.Y.)

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Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 5/16 × 84 5/8 in. (122.7 × 214.9 cm)
LocationWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1905.21
Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Vale of St. Thomas, Jamaica
Description: Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1867
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions101 3/8 × 89 1/2 in. (257.5 × 227.3 cm)
LocationNational Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/4758/niagara-falls-american-side
Accession numberNG 799
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Description: Niagara
Niagara
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1857
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 90 1/2 in.
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Corcoran Collection
https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.166436.html
Accession number2014.79.10
Niagara
Niagara
Description: Floating Iceberg
Floating Iceberg
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsBrush and oil paint, graphite on paperboard
Dimensions7 3/8 × 14 3/4 in. (18.8 × 37.5 cm)
LocationCooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18196637/
Accession number1917-4-296-a
Floating Iceberg
Floating Iceberg
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail
Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameBierstadt, Albert
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1873
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions54 x 84 3/4 in. (137.2 x 215.3 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/4964
Accession number1931.389
Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail
Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail
Description: Peluse Falls
Peluse Falls
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameStanley, John Mix
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1853
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor with graphite underdrawing
Dimensions15 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (40.3 x 26.6 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/54881
Accession number1982.39.27a
Peluse Falls
Peluse Falls
Description: The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs, detail
The Icebergs, detail
Description: Twilight in the Wilderness
Twilight in the Wilderness
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 64 in. (101.6 × 162.6 cm)
LocationCleveland Museum of Art
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1965.233
Accession number1965.233
Twilight in the Wilderness
Twilight in the Wilderness
Description: To the Memory of Cole
To the Memory of Cole
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1848
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 × 49 in. (81.3 × 124.5 cm)
LocationPrivate collection
To the Memory of Cole
To the Memory of Cole
Description: Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1862
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 × 85 in. (121.9 × 215.9 cm)
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/cotopaxi-37907
Accession number76.89
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
Description: The Heart of the Andes
The Heart of the Andes
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions66 1/8 × 119 1/4 in. (168 × 302.9 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10481
Accession number1909, 09.95
The Heart of the Andes
The Heart of the Andes
Description: The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from Studies of Icebergs made in the Northern...
The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from Studies of Icebergs made in the Northern Seas, in the Summer of 1859
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1862
Object typePeriodical
LocationOlana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY
Accession numberOL.1986.146
The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from...
The North. Painted by F. E. Church, from Studies of Icebergs made in the Northern Seas, in the Summer of 1859
Description: The Iceberg
The Iceberg
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1891
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 1/5 × 39 1/4 in.(71.6 × 99.7 cm)
LocationCarnegie Museum of Art, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
http://collection.cmoa.org/CollectionDetail.aspx?item=1016591&retPrompt=Back+to+Results&retUrl=CollectionSearch.aspx%3fsrch%3dThe%2bIceberg
Accession number72.7.3
The Iceberg
The Iceberg
Description: View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The...
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 06
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 1/2 x 76 in. (130.8 x 193 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10497
Accession number08.228
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton,...
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
Description: Landscape with Dead Tree
Landscape with Dead Tree
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1827–1828
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.
LocationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School on Design, Providence, Rhode Island
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/812_landscape_landscape_with_tree_trunks
Accession number30.063
Landscape with Dead Tree
Landscape with Dead Tree
Description: The Icebergs
The Icebergs
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1861
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/2 × 112 1/2 in. (163.8 × 285.8 cm)
LocationDallas Museum of Art
https://www.dma.org/collection/artwork/frederic-edwin-church/icebergs
Accession number1979.28
The Icebergs
The Icebergs
Description: Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford in...
Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford in 1636
Posted by:John Carlson
May 18
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1846
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 1/4 × 60 3/16 in.
LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1850.9
Hooker and Company Journeying through...
Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness from Plymouth to Hartford, in 1636
Description: Advertisement for “The Heart of the Andes” and ”The...
Advertisement for “The Heart of the Andes” and ”The Icebergs”, from the New York Morning Express
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator rolePublisher
Creation date1861
Object typePeriodical
LocationNew York Morning Express, April 29, 1861, negative no. 89410d, New-York Historical Society
Advertisement for “The Heart of...
Advertisement for “The Heart of the Andes” and ”The Icebergs”, from the New York Morning Express
Description: Farmers Nooning
Farmers Nooning
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameMount, William Sidney
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 1/4 × 24 1/2 in.
LocationLong Island Museum, Stony Brook
https://longislandmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/6F6AD4CE-D77F-4EBF-955C-703148129246
Accession number0000.001.1521
Farmers Nooning
Farmers Nooning
Description: Blue Hole, Little Miami River
Blue Hole, Little Miami River
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameDuncanson, Robert Seldon
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1851
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions29 1/4 × 42 1/4 in.
LocationCincinnati Art Museum
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/explore-the-collection?id=20842570
Accession number1926.18
Blue Hole, Little Miami River
Blue Hole, Little Miami River
Description: Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1861
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Frontispiece
Frontispiece
Description: Valley of the Santa Ysabel
Valley of the Santa Ysabel
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1875
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions55 1/4 × 76 1/4 in. (140.3 × 193.7 cm)
LocationBerkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Valley of the Santa Ysabel
Valley of the Santa Ysabel
Description: Niagara
Niagara
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameRichardt, Joachim Ferdinand
Creator nationality/cultureDanish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1855
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 × 33 in. (63.5 × 83.8 cm)
LocationHeckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
http://heckschercollection.org/argus/Portal.aspx?lang=en-US&g_AABJ=richardt&d=d
Accession number1959.12
Niagara
Niagara
Description: Farm Scene
Farm Scene
Posted by:John Carlson
May 04
Creator nameHomer, Winslow
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1847
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor on paper
Dimensions3 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (9.1 x 12.5 cm)
LocationBowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
http://artmuseum.bowdoin.edu/Obj5889
Accession number1964.69.173
Farm Scene
Farm Scene

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