[at-l] "Ktaadn" (Church 1853)

[Jim Bullard]

Bear in mind too that paintings by landscape artists of that era weren't
precise representations. Rather they were idealized and occasionally even
exaggerated. An example: I have over the years taken several photos of
Rainbow Falls near St. Huberts in the ADKs, a recent one was on my blog <
http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/08/last-rainbow-falls-shots.html>.
There is an etching from the era of the Hudson River School (the style of
Cole and Church) which shows Rainbow falls and has a man who is dwarfed by
the boulders in the foreground. The rocks are big but not that big, perhaps
waist or mid chest height bu that's all. They called it 'artistic license'.
I suspect that the painting has been 'arranged' to create an overall effect
rather than a literal representation.

Jim Bullard
http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
http://members.photoportfolios.net/Jim_Bullard


On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 9:42 AM, David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com>wrote:

> forgot about using google earth to get an inkling of the geometry . . . .
> i don't believe it's a well known painting.
> you can order a reproduction from one of those links.
>
>
> On 11/14/09, Tom McGinnis <sloetoe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > ### It would "fit" the Katahdin massif if the view was taken Katahdin
> Pond
> > (about 6.5 miles due east of Baxter Peak). Use Google Earth, use the
> Terrain
> > feature, put yourself on the short of the southeast pond, and cast a look
> > west. Pretty close. Most of the peakieness (geographic term meaning:
> "Gee,
> > that's pointy") is Pamola. You're looking into the northeast-oriented
> > horseshoe of the range, with Pamola as the nearest object, and Baxter to
> the
> > background. North (or course) is to the viewer's right.
> > ### Must've been a sweet one to see live. I'd like to hang it in *my*
> living
> > room....
> >
> > wantingtoe
> >
> > --- On Sat, 11/14/09, David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Frederic Edwin Church is said to have painted two views of the
> >> mountain, the one I viewed was painted in 1853.
> >> Is anyone familiar with this painting?
> >> The view from which it's painted isn't the view from which
> >> most modern photographs seem to be made of the mountain.
> >> Does anyone recognize the position from which the Church
> >> painting's perspective/view of the mountain was taken?
> >>
> >> I saw it on Friday in Birmingham, Alabama, at its Art
> >> Museum. It was part of the an exhibit from the Yale University
> >> collection.
> >>
> >> Some digital images of it seem to exist on the inet.
> >>
> http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cep.unt.edu/show/036.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cep.unt.edu/show/036.htm&usg=__Wc5fR3IZOsHSeo-GeGhZhKjKdps=&h=278&w=425&sz=75&hl=en&start=15&um=1&tbnid=oRH3vsXZ1FdGIM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3DKtaadn%2Bpainting%2Bchurch%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
> >>
> http://www.intofineart.com/usa/oil-painting-picture-10666-Mount%20Ktaadn-Frederic%20Edwin%20Church.html
> >> http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product.php?xProd=33012
> >> (Second row from bottom, on the right -- scroll down to find it!):
> >>
> http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Yale-University-Art-Gallery,-Hartford,-Connecticut,-Usa.html
> >
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