Die Jungfrau
1900
Edward Theodore Compton captures the sheer, dizzying scale of the Swiss Alps in this breathtaking 1900 view of the Jungfrau. The foreground is a rugged, rocky scramble dotted with hardy alpine shrubs, leading the eye down into a sweeping, mist-shrouded glacier valley. Looming above it all, the massive, snow-capped peak emerges ghost-like from the clouds, reminding us just how small we are in the face of nature. Compton, a master of mountain landscapes, perfectly balances the gritty detail of the rocks with the ethereal, hazy atmosphere of the high altitude.
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