The ancient Greek and Roman ruins that dot the Italian landscape from the Roman Campagna to Paestum and Sicily provided an irresistible lure for many American painters throughout the nineteenth century.
Artists such as Washington Allston, Thomas Cole, George Inness, Frederick Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran and countless others took inspiration from the tangible echoes of the Classical past to create romantic evocations of a vanished civilization.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Timken Museum of Art
1500 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
Monday, February 12 - 10:00 AM
Artists such as Washington Allston, Thomas Cole, George Inness, Frederick Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran and countless others took inspiration from the tangible echoes of the Classical past to create romantic evocations of a vanished civilization.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Timken Museum of Art
1500 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
Monday, February 12 - 10:00 AM
