Turning Science Into Art; How the scientist Alexander von Humboldt inspired Frederic Edwin Church's artistic brilliance

In the valleys, he had seen palms and humid bamboo forests; further up, he had found conifers and oaks similar to those in Europe; and even higher, there were alpine plants like those he had collected in Switzerland and lichen that reminded him of specimens from Lapland near the Arctic Circle.

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Published in:The Wall Street journal. Eastern edition 2016-05-16
Main Author: Wulf, Andrea
Format: Newspaper Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artists
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
Heart
Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)
Landscape art
Muir, John
Nature
Scientists
Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
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Summary:In the valleys, he had seen palms and humid bamboo forests; further up, he had found conifers and oaks similar to those in Europe; and even higher, there were alpine plants like those he had collected in Switzerland and lichen that reminded him of specimens from Lapland near the Arctic Circle.
ISSN:2574-9579