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Mount Hood Albert Bierstadt 1869
Albert Bierstadt
o German Painter
o 1830-1902
o Oil on canvas
o Excessively large canvases
o Landscape scenes
o Largely enhanced to fit how he thought nature
should be
o Romanticism evident throughout works
o Excessive use of light and atmospheric elements
Mount Hood Albert Bierstadt 1869
Romanticismo Approximately 1750-1850
o Reaction To Industrial Revolution
o Shift From Age of Enlightenment and Emphasis on Reason
o Hudson River SchoolAlbert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, Thomas HillFocus on American Landscapes with Romantic Influence
o “Romanticism exalted individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination, emotions, and nature-emotion over reason and senses over intellect. Since they were in revolt against the orders they favored the revival of potentially unlimited number of styles (anything that aroused them).”
o “Romantic artists were fascinated by the nature, the genius, their passions and inner struggles, their moods, mental potentials, the heroes.”
o “Romantic artist had a role of an ultimate egoistic creator, with the spirit above strict formal rules and traditional procedures. He had imagination as a gateway to transcendent experience and spiritual truth.”
Source: http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory
Mt. HoodWilliam Samuel Parrott
1870
William Samuel Parrott
o Born in Missouri, American painter
o 1844-1915
o Traveled throughout the Northwest
o Followed Hudson River School’s romantic style
o Often painted several version of same landscape,
different times/views
Bierstadt vs. Parrott
o Emphasis On Lightness Of
Atmosphere
o Lush Greenery
o Bright Light
o Clear Skies
o Abundant Wildlife
o Added In Scenery (i.e. Waterfalls)
o Heavy Atmospheric Emphasis
o Fallen Trees
o Dark Lighting
o Cloudy Skies
o Empty Hillsides
