Rooftops, Rome, Italy by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) and identity during World War

and identity during World War I

The printing credit to a Lausanne workshop situates the piece squarely within the dynamic Swiss graphic tradition that flourished as railways expanded and tourism boomed

capturing the imagination with its detailed illustrations of pirate and privateer ships

Publisher/context: The map is part of a whimsical pictorial atlas of the United States

gaining admiration for its profound reflection of transience—an integral concept in Japanese culture

Rooftops, Rome, Italy by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) and identity during World WarRooftops, Rome, Italy (186869) by Frederic Edwin Church captures an unexpected, intimate view of the Eternal City at the height of the artists mature career. Best known as a leading light of the Hudson River School, Church was celebrated for his luminous atmospheres and carefully observed detail. Here, instead of a grand panorama, he narrows his gaze to a mosaic of terracotta tiles and sun warmed walls, translating Romes everyday architecture into an