Columbian Summer (Sunset, Tuesday, 12 October 2010)

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 08:01PM
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William Van Doren, COLUMBIAN SUMMER (Sunset from Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va.) Oil on watercolor block, 13 x 19.

I’ve been thinking about the sunrise, actually, on the 12th of October, 1492, at Samana Cay, now thought to be the first place Columbus landed. What a bittersweet moment, the last sunrise of pre-European America. I’m not wild about the concept of ‘Columbian’ anything, but ... here we are.

Article originally appeared on The Very Rich Hours (http://www.theveryrichhours.com/).