ARTH 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Wood Engraving, Chamber Pot, Lithography
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Bierstadt: exploration of the west (us not a unified country yet) Looking up the yosemite valley, c. 1865-67 large scale painting, 99. 1x152cm, in his ny studio size of history painting! Painted in his ny studio race disappearance; allows you to feel sentimental, but not guilty, not required to. Awe-inspiring, vast resources that now belonged to america. A sunset light, wind river, range of the rocky mountains, 1861. Lander died from wound from war; painting titled after he died, as a memorial to him. A later engraving was produced, making mass reproduced prints possible for the public, steel engraving (black and white) or chromolithograph (hand coloured) that has an artist originality, circulated widely. Starvation, inability to hunt baffalos of the native americans led to agreement to move to reserves. Not accepted to the (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:890)(cid:891) world(cid:495)s fair in paris, seen as non progressive, but was accepted at the state academy salon in paris in 1889 (repulsotory to non-avant garde art)
