The Icebergs
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The Icebergs is a monumental 1861 landscape painting by American artist Frederic Edwin Church, renowned for its dramatic, highly detailed depiction of Arctic ice formations and sublime natural grandeur.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landscape painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| artHistoricalReputation |
major work of the Hudson River School
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masterpiece of Arctic landscape painting ⓘ |
| collection | Dallas Museum of Art collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
Arctic landscape
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ice formations ⓘ icebergs ⓘ ocean ⓘ sea ice ⓘ sublime nature ⓘ |
| describedAs |
dramatic
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highly detailed ⓘ monumental ⓘ sublime ⓘ |
| genre | landscape art ⓘ |
| hasColorPalette |
blues and whites
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cool tones ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cloudy sky
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floating ice ⓘ reflections in water ⓘ ship mast ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
atmospheric perspective
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detailed naturalism ⓘ realism ⓘ |
| inception | 1861 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Arctic exploration
ⓘ
polar regions ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | Dallas Museum of Art ⓘ |
| mainSubject | icebergs ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement |
American landscape painting
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Hudson River School ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Frederic Edwin Church ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American art ⓘ |
| significantEvent | painted shortly before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
Arctic in art
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icebergs in art ⓘ |
| surface | canvas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | The Icebergs self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frederic Edwin Church