The history seems barely credible. A Prussian aristocrat, born in 1769, works for five years as a mine inspector. After his mother’s death, he uses a good chunk of the family fortune on a five-year ...
"Capturing the Cosmos: Frederic Church Painting Humboldt's Vision of Nature" is a small exhibition with big ideas. With a smattering of paintings, drawings, prints and ephemera, the exhibit at Olana's ...
His name may be vaguely familiar, although you may not know why. But in his time, Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an explorer and scientist of unparalleled fame, whose work largely inspired ...
Discover how one teacher is inspired by the world of Alexander von Humboldt Carol Wilson SAAM's Senior Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey and Dean Howarth take a closer look at mastodon bones in the ...
Frederic Edwin Church, The Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1852, oil on canvas, 28 x 23 in. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan. “Alexander von Humboldt and ...
On September 14, 2019 a full moon of extraordinary brilliance shown round the world as if the entire cosmos had joined in a celebration. It was the 250th anniversary of the birth of Alexander von ...
Discover how one teacher is inspired by the world of Alexander von Humboldt Carol Wilson SAAM's Senior Curator Eleanor Jones Harvey and Dean Howarth take a closer look at mastodon bones in the ...
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