... even looks like there is some smoke coming from the forest itself, making the mountains in the distance hard to discern. All this smoke gathers in the sky air and gives it some sort of dirty, murky green tint. The hillside in the foreground, which fills almost the whole bottom half of the painting, is disfigured by dozens of tree remains: an old forest that must have been felled partly in order to ... reached by this pre-Lady Liberty figure and her coat of light. They runaway from this extraordinary vision: the Star is too much for them. She guides the settlers, the wagons and the train...

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... , dread, awe and human insignificance; whereas the elements of cultivation, presence of human culture and representation of nature as beautiful and benevolent are known as the picturesque. In 'The Oxbow' it is features of the painting such as the grey/blue storm in the background and the emerging, uncultivated agriculture on the left hand side that are the sublime; whilst the on the right side, with clear, light blue skies and some what urbanized pastures ... required vision and supervision, foresight, and especially oversight – a world equally applicable to panoramic views and th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate