Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church, 1859 samuel lewis Created near the end of

Created near the end of his life

available on acid-free archival paper or artist's cotton canvas to ensure longevity

Artistic representations of forests and wildlife

he refined a clear grammar of point

Symbolic elements like Spain as a crown and Austria as a medal

Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church, 1859 samuel lewis Created near the end ofHeart of the Andes (1859) by Frederic Edwin Church is a tour de force of 19thcentury landscape painting: a sweeping, lightbathed panorama that merges scientific observation with romantic wonder. A leading figure of the Hudson River School, Church distilled his travels and studies into this luminous vision of the Andean worlddramatic mountain peaks, cascading water, and lush vegetation orchestrated into a harmonious whole. Its expansive scale and