Heart of the Andes

Frederic Edwin Church 1826–1900

Heart of the Andes (1859) by Frederic Edwin Church. Its palette is led by umber (#665731, 24%) and dark golden olive (#4e421d, 20%), with accents of parchment, warm grey and gold. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, gold #9F854B, takes up 5% of it.

Palette

#665731 MG 184 umber 23.7% of canvas
#4e421d MG 194 dark golden olive 19.7% of canvas
#382e0e MG 195 dark olive 19.0% of canvas
#a4a6aa MG 213 light grey 18.8% of canvas
#deded3 MG 201 parchment 6.9% of canvas
#827a70 MG 174 warm grey 6.5% of canvas
#9f854b MG 039 gold 5.5% of canvas

Color families

Brown 66%, Gray 18%, Black 5%, Yellow 4%, White 3%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.51
Contrast: 0.56
Vividness: 0.044
Warmth: +0.94
Complexity: 151 cells
Hue range: 0.33
Focus: 0.12

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 53% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 16% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1859
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 168.0 × 302.9 cm
Genre: landscape painting
Made in: United States
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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