1868: “Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California”

1868

“Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California” by Albert Bierstadt, Luminism, Pastoral, Oil on canvas, 1.83 m x 3.05 m

“Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California” shows an inhabited landscape full of animals to hunt and minerals to mine. It is a land of the future and a space to expand for the Europeans. The easy sun reflected upon the mountainside will catch the attention of anyone nearby and spark the emotion to want the beautiful scenery as their own. However, the land was not theirs and the land was not inhabited. The indiginous people were there first, and somehow it was the European’s right to have the property.

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