Sunset near Rome by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 Size:28x50in (70x127cm) set amidst rivers

set amidst rivers

making the map not just a geographical record

The patchwork of lowlands in the southeast and the broad wash of the Fens are shown with subtle shading

the ancient city of Gondar

light-soaked vistas

Sunset near Rome by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 Size:28x50in (70x127cm) set amidst riversFrederic Edwin Churchs Sunset near Rome (186869) invites the viewer into a hushed Italian evening where the days last light lingers over the landscape. A leading figure of 19thcentury American landscape painting and closely associated with the Hudson River School, Church masterfully balances careful observation with romantic emotion. Here, a Roman vista becomes a meditation on time and atmosphere: the low sun smolders beyond the horizon, a crescent