Landscape near Petra by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 wild west the Canadian Museum of History

the Canadian Museum of History

capturing the geopolitical intricacies that defined the continent

Tracks the Gulf Stream and prevailing currents between the Caribbean and Europe

it is a piece of history

Illustrated scenes of fishing

Landscape near Petra by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 wild west the Canadian Museum of HistoryLandscape near Petra (1868) by Frederic Edwin Church captures the vast, time sculpted terrain of southern Jordan with the poetic grandeur that made Church one of the leading lights of the Hudson River School. Painted after the artists wide ranging travels and amid 19thcentury fascination with biblical and archaeological sites, the scene evokes the remoteness and majesty of Petras surrounding desert. Churchs mastery of atmospheric light combines with