Art in the Romantic Age

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Romanticism began in 1789, right after the French Revolution and ended in industrialism around 1810. The Romantic era was a reaction against the neo-classical quest for order and intellectual control in artistic style. This paper examines artwork which focus on nature and the natural world. The paintings examines are Albert Bierstadt's "Lander's Peak", J.M.W. Turner's "The Slave Ship" and Frederic Edwin Church's "Rainy Season in the Tropics." The writer concludes that these paintings show good descriptions on how the Romantic period shows its love of nature.

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"The first painting I chose was Albert Bierstadt, "Lander's Peak" (1863). This painting shows beautiful detail of the landscape of the Rocky Mountains. The bottom of the painting shows the Native Americans living, working and feeding off the land. The center of the painting shows the details of the Rocky Mountains with the trees, cliffs, and the waterfalls from the river. Bierstadt even showed the lower cloud lining and the reflection of the sun off the water. The top of the painting shows even more details of the mountains at a distance with light layers of snow and clouds. The painting was drawn together with so much detail it looks like he took a picture of the landscape. He captured a great natural scene because he got the consecrate nature and the people who believed in nature are very important to survive. One thing I can not help to think about is that the painting also symbolizing how the pilgrims push the Native Americans west to take up there lands."

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