Il cuore delle Ande

Frederic Edwin Church American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 760

Church divenne precocemente famoso per le sue composizioni raffiguranti il paesaggio delle regioni orientali del Nord America, caratterizzate da una scrupolosa attenzione ai dettagli. Ispirato dal naturalista tedesco Alexander von Humboldt, nel 1853 e nel 1857 l’artista compì alcune spedizioni in Sud America. Il cuore delle Ande fu creato riassumendo gli innumerevoli schizzi a matita e ad olio eseguiti da Church in Ecuador e raffigura lo spettro climatico, dalle temperature tropicali a quelle temperate fino a un clima rigido, osservato da Humboldt nella regione equatoriale delle Ande. In origine Church mostrò il quadro con una massiccia cornice che ricordava una finestra e consigliò al pubblico accorso numeroso di osservarlo con un binocolo da teatro, per poterne apprezzare meglio i meravigliosi particolari botanici e l’enorme vastità dei luoghi.

Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American

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Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American
Heart of the Andes, Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), Oil on canvas, American

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