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Cotopaxi (1862) by American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). Cotopaxi is one of the highest volcanos in the Andes Mountains of South America. Like many of his contemporaries, Church was fascinated by volcanos both because of their power and because they were a prime subject of contemporary scientific research, which was in the process of proving that the Earth was much older than previously believed https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/cotopaxi-1862-frederic-edwin-church-1826-1900.html #art #ArtHistory #volcano #vintage #eruption