Frederic Church's The icebergs : erratic boulders and time's slow changes

Author

Mitchell, Timothy

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Smithsonian studies in American art. 1989, Num. 4, Vol. 3, 2-23, 16 ill. (3 col.)

ISSN

0890-4901

Abstract (en)

Study of Church's 1861 painting, The Icebergs (Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art), focusing on the painting's original scientific underpinnings. Discusses the geological theories of the day, including the natural history of icebergs, the phenomenon of drift and erratic boulders, and the theory of an ice age, and notes their evidence in the details of Church's arctic landscape.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900
• Painting
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Icebergs
• Icebergs
• Iconography
• Dallas Museum of Art||Dallas (TX, USA)
• Landscape
• Science
• Geology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Church, Frederic Edwin, 1826-1900
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Iceberg
• Icebergs
• Iconographie
• Dallas Museum of Art||Dallas (TX, USA)
• Paysage
• Sciences
• Géologie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00427483

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