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•Twilight in the Wilderness
•Frederic Edwin Church 1860
•Bright colors
•Fire sunset
•Standing water
•Stormy emotional sky
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•The Western Shore with Norman’s Woe
•Fitz Hugh Lane 1862
•Classic American Landscape
•Wrecked boat represents America falling apart
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•Beacon Rock
•John F Kensett, 1857
•Looministpainting
•Very Calm
•People not focus, though some are in painting
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•The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak
•Albert Bierstadt, 1863
•Represents the West’s grandeur
•Small group of Indians a base of mountain
•Makes mankind seem insignificant
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•Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California
•Albert Bierstadt, 1865
•Great use of light
•Represents greatness of west
•People are insignificant
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Study for Westward the course of empire takes its way
Emanuel Leutz, 1861
Represents Manifest Destiny
Indians cower on the edge of the painting
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