art

Essay Topic #1: Compare
John Constable’s The Haywain and Albert Bierstadt’s Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California are two incredibly well painted landscapes. Constable and Bierstadt’s amazing artistic talents are immediately evident in the their works. In addition to the aesthetic qualities that the paintings possess, the artists’ feelings on their current sociopolitical situations are manifested in the paintings. Constable’s The Haywain reflects his memories of a disappearing rural pastoralism. This is an important feeling he is exposing considering that Arian England, at the time, was under civil unrest, which resulted in violence and arson. Bierstadt’s Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California represents his feelings for his approval of the expansion of the West. By putting this painting out, Bierstadt brought national attention to the We...