Visual Arts History 1040 Lecture Notes - Bourgeoisie, Marcantonio Raimondi, Henry Ossawa Tanner
18 Feb 2013
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Caspar david friedrich, wanderer above the sea of fog, 1818. Surrogate for us giving us a guide to view the scene in front of us. Does more then just look but actually wants to understand the past. Difference in scale (wanderer looks over the infinite) whereas this seems to be more intimate. Takes away identification, invites us into image itself. Canoe = inject people into landscape, emphasize moving image. Albert bierstadt, among the sierra nevada mountains, california, 1868. United them with a deep appreciation for nature/wilderness. Desire to use representation of the land to convey ideological messages. Lots without people, sell land as an untapped resource. Expansion west with the logical destiny this had to happen to the us . Land already inhabited = erased from landscape works in order to sell the land as a natural resource that can be taken. Decade of the american civil war *** (and ^^)
