by: Isaac Akanmu, Vincent Chu
We did a lot of formal analysis because that was easiest, as we just had to describe what physical things we saw. We weren’t really able to find the historical context, mostly because things like that are more difficult to know off the top of your head. With more time, we would have found out that it was painted because Albert Bierstadt wanted to capture the beauty of the Rocky Mountains and as a way to get Americans more interested in the West as a part of Manifest Destiny. We also did not describe the medium that it was painted on, as none of us are art majors so we don’t realize the significance of such a large scale oil painting on canvas.
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