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Posted by Vincent Lee at Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:04:04 AM EDT
Schroon Mountain, Adirondacks, is an oil on canvas painting. It is a painting of Schroon Mountain in New York done by Thomas Cole around 1837. It is a naturalistic painting with use of natural colors, as well as shading and highlighting to give the viewer a sense they are staring into an actual landscape. It uses the triangle and pyramid, but the sweeping slopes of the mountains and the forested hill in the right foreground gives it a diagonal axis suggesting movement. The painting is meant to inspire awe and appreciation for the land that is the United States of America, a nation still in its infancy compared to the old nations of Europe. The painting essentially is the idea of Manifest Destiny, prevalent at that time, given form in art. It conveys the promise and potential of what awaits the citizens of this new nation, like Paradise or a Garden of Eden awaiting for the “Americans”, essentially white men, to explore and safeguard. There are two Native American figures in the landscape that is not apparent upon casual perusal. The indigenous people are depicted as if that they may as well be part of the landscape, and this reflects subconscious attitudes of the white Americans who see themselves as destined to safeguard this land.
The Slave Ship is an oil on canvas painting, painted in 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner. It depicts a slave ship in a storm tossed sea fleeing from the approaching typhoon, and the turbulent waters in the foreground are filled with struggling black slaves inhumanely tossed from the ship to lighten the load. The colors are fiery and vibrant, the lines are feathery and not distinct painted on with broad brush strokes. All of these qualities are meant to evoke a sense of urgency and anxiety. This painting is from the Romantic period when artists expressed thoughts and emotions using landscapes. Britain had outlawed slavery,
Posted by Vincent Lee at Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:04:04 AM EDT
Schroon Mountain, Adirondacks, is an oil on canvas painting. It is a painting of Schroon Mountain in New York done by Thomas Cole around 1837. It is a naturalistic painting with use of natural colors, as well as shading and highlighting to give the viewer a sense they are staring into an actual landscape. It uses the triangle and pyramid, but the sweeping slopes of the mountains and the forested hill in the right foreground gives it a diagonal axis suggesting movement. The painting is meant to inspire awe and appreciation for the land that is the United States of America, a nation still in its infancy compared to the old nations of Europe. The painting essentially is the idea of Manifest Destiny, prevalent at that time, given form in art. It conveys the promise and potential of what awaits the citizens of this new nation, like Paradise or a Garden of Eden awaiting for the “Americans”, essentially white men, to explore and safeguard. There are two Native American figures in the landscape that is not apparent upon casual perusal. The indigenous people are depicted as if that they may as well be part of the landscape, and this reflects subconscious attitudes of the white Americans who see themselves as destined to safeguard this land.
The Slave Ship is an oil on canvas painting, painted in 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner. It depicts a slave ship in a storm tossed sea fleeing from the approaching typhoon, and the turbulent waters in the foreground are filled with struggling black slaves inhumanely tossed from the ship to lighten the load. The colors are fiery and vibrant, the lines are feathery and not distinct painted on with broad brush strokes. All of these qualities are meant to evoke a sense of urgency and anxiety. This painting is from the Romantic period when artists expressed thoughts and emotions using landscapes. Britain had outlawed slavery,