Classical Ruins, Syria by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 hills etc) were originally laid down

etc) were originally laid down when the town was founded

The Ceyhan River flows into the gulf from the north

which remain symbols of the town’s heritage

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Classical Ruins, Syria by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 hills etc) were originally laid downFrederic Edwin Churchs Classical Ruins, Syria (1868) invites the viewer into a Romantic meditation on history, atmosphere, and enduring stone. A leading light of the Hudson River School, Church channeled his fascination with distant landscapes into this evocative scene of ancient columns rising from a sun warmed expanse. The paintings setting speaks to 19th century curiosity about the Near East and the classical world, while its moodsomewhere between