Out of all the paintings we have studied this semester, Bierstadt's Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California has been one of my favorites. Created in 1868 during the Romantic Era, this painting depicts the awe-inspiring view of the American West. It is a large painting: around 6 feet by 10 feet. Personally, I am a huge fan of landscape photography, so this painting is of special interest to me. The use of detail, the sunlight hitting the water, and the nature backdrop is mesmerizing. In fact, the painting looks so realistic, that some may mistake it as a photograph. Around this time, landscape painting started to become very popular during the Romanticism era in America.
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