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Feb 14, 2018 · Originally, the mountain was a charcoal drawing, but was redesigned in 1951. This new version is seemingly based on Artesonraju, a peak in Peru's Cordillera Blanca mountain range. Jan Domela was the chief matte painting artist for Paramount, and he painted the version of the mountain which would define the company for decades.
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Artesonraju. Artesonraju[3][4][5][2] is a pyramidal mountain peak located near the city of Caraz in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in the Peruvian Andes. It is located at the Peruvian province of Huaylas and its slopes are within two cities: Santa Cruz and Caraz. Its summit has an elevation of 6,025 metres (19,767 ft) [3] (or 5,999 metres ...
Dec 15, 2018 · Still, the early Paramount Pictures logo featured a rough drawing of the peak north of Ogden, which is the majestic mountain that symbolized the new company that would quickly change the whole movie industry. The logo has been widely viewed for so long, yet few know of its origins, making Ben Lomond Mountain both famous and an obscure landmark.
To the right of Alpamayo is Artesonraju (19,768’), the mountain depicted in the Paramount Pictures logo. Further right is mighty Chacraraju (20,039’), one of the most difficult peaks in the Andes to climb.
Legend has it that the mountain is based on a doodle made by W. W. Hodkinson during a meeting with Adolph Zukor. It is said to be based on the memories of his childhood in Utah. Some claim that Utah's Ben Lomond is the mountain Hodkinson doodled, and that Peru's Artesonraju is the mountain in the live-action logo.
The 19,768 foot mountain's north side inspired the current incarnation of the Paramou nt Pictures logo. And at the start of movies all over the world, climbers drool over the fantastic lines that exist on the seemingly imaginary mountain. The truth is that Artesonraju is a real mountain in Peru's Cordillera Blanca.
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Aug 5, 2023 · The mountain known as Artesonraju emerged as a component of the Cordillera Blanca Batholith, an immense granite creation constructed during the Jurassic age, roughly 160 million years ago. The peak itself developed more recently, over the Quaternary Period, within the last 2.6 million years.
