South American Landscape
date: label: Date
content: 1853 - 1854
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Landscape study showing an imagined view of a South American landscape with two towering, snow-capped peaks--Chimborazo at left and Cotopaxi in the distance at center, which are shown in much closer proximity than they are in actuality. In the foreground at right, a church is perched atop a rocky promontory from which the base of a vibrant rainbow springs. The church overlooks a river valley in the foreground at left that includes a bridge and a group of buildings. This lush plain extends to the middle distance, which it is bounded by a steep rise that leads to a rocky mountaintop at right. At center, a waterfall visibly cascades down this abrupt mountainside, leading to the river in the foreground. The mountains Chimborazo and Cotopaxi are visible in the background across an elevated plain, also known as a "páramo." Above, a dark cloud bank at left hangs in an otherwise open and blue sky.
place: label: place depicted
content: South America
label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-708
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28.6 × 43.2 cm (11 1/4 × 17 in.)