Houses, Mt. Salus by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 fulham The emphasis falls on atmosphere

The emphasis falls on atmosphere rather than minute topographic detail

Ełk (Lyck): Famous for Ełk Lake and the scenic promenade alongside it

or the Upper City

is an ever-widening horizon

The map was also published at a time when there was growing interest in Europe in the history

Houses, Mt. Salus by Frederic Edwin Church, 1865 fulham The emphasis falls on atmosphereHouses, Mt. Salus (1865) by Frederic Edwin Church invites the viewer into a sun warmed hamlet where simple dwellings nestle into the land. One of the foremost American landscape painters of the 19th century and a central voice of the Hudson River School, Church was renowned for rendering nature with both scientific precision and poetic light. Here, he turns from grand spectacle to the intimacy of everyday buildings, bathing shingled roofs and textured