Frederic Edwin Church The Aegean Sea
ARH 209, Art of the United States
Cosette Nunez
Frederic Edwin Church’s The Aegean Sea
November 19, 2015
Religious References Using Detailed Depictions of Nature
Frederic Edwin Church used his representation of nature in order to include religious themes in many of his paintings including The Aegean Sea (1877). This was shown as a representation of nature using an American landscaping painting style called luminism. This is shown in his painting called the Aegean Sea by use of aerial perspective, blending in any rough paint strokes, and his use of light and the contrast it has with the rest of the painting. The content of the painting includes a rainbow which has biblical meaning, a mosque in the distance referring to Constantinople and the Christian mosques that were built in Istanbul.
The Aegean Sea painted by Frederic Church in 1877 has many elements that show the style of luminism as a representation of nature. On the left side of the painting there are rocks depicted that lead down to carved rocks and are elements of the city of Petra which is in the present-day country of Jordan, an Arab nation. The brush strokes are not visible to the viewer and the composition of the painting uses hazy lighting to portray certain objects as farther away than …show more content…
Church was influenced by many factors in his work such as his mentor Thomas Cole who emphasized moral and religious allegory in landscape art. Church has other influences as well such as the recent death of his two children and his travels to the Holy Land including Jordan and Palestine. The depiction of nature in the Aegean Sea shows how influential Church’s work was amongst artists and the religious community. His work provides an idealizes scenes of nature and through this he provides subtle religious
Cosette Nunez
Frederic Edwin Church’s The Aegean Sea
November 19, 2015
Religious References Using Detailed Depictions of Nature
Frederic Edwin Church used his representation of nature in order to include religious themes in many of his paintings including The Aegean Sea (1877). This was shown as a representation of nature using an American landscaping painting style called luminism. This is shown in his painting called the Aegean Sea by use of aerial perspective, blending in any rough paint strokes, and his use of light and the contrast it has with the rest of the painting. The content of the painting includes a rainbow which has biblical meaning, a mosque in the distance referring to Constantinople and the Christian mosques that were built in Istanbul.
The Aegean Sea painted by Frederic Church in 1877 has many elements that show the style of luminism as a representation of nature. On the left side of the painting there are rocks depicted that lead down to carved rocks and are elements of the city of Petra which is in the present-day country of Jordan, an Arab nation. The brush strokes are not visible to the viewer and the composition of the painting uses hazy lighting to portray certain objects as farther away than …show more content…
Church was influenced by many factors in his work such as his mentor Thomas Cole who emphasized moral and religious allegory in landscape art. Church has other influences as well such as the recent death of his two children and his travels to the Holy Land including Jordan and Palestine. The depiction of nature in the Aegean Sea shows how influential Church’s work was amongst artists and the religious community. His work provides an idealizes scenes of nature and through this he provides subtle religious