ARTHI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Manifest Destiny, Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt
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Spectacular lighting (stormy skies) and effects of light (shadow, darkness, interior rooms) Manifest destiny: belief in a god-given right of the us to expand. Lot of war and destruction going on in the world at the time --> painting is a representation of hope and optimism. Focuses on paintings of figures --> not interested in landscapes. Intended for people on the east to see the beauty of the american west. Human struggle against awesome power + force of nature. Information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. View from mount holyoke, northampton, ma, after a thunderstorm. Village becomes uninhabitable due to effects of industrialization. Allows himself to showcase fiction of roman architecture/clothing in. Makes an argument that america is going to end up like roman empire if they don"t fix themselves. End of civilization if wilderness is not cared for/treasured. Student of thomas cole, part of the hudson river school.
