Paintings form an integral part of the modern day art. Paintings take different forms depending on the intentions of the painter. Depending on the period of painting, the paintings may have different approaches. During the 1870’s, the most common style of painting was the oil on canvas technique. The Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast is a painting done by Albert Bierstadt dated 1870. The painting is an oil on canvas and is based on the luminism style. The dimensions of the painting are 133.4 by 208.3 cm. The painting is framed with a glodish color frame, and the painting is hanging on a separate wall in the middle of the room. The Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast painting is one of the largest paintings in SAM collection. The painting uses different…show more content… It is well visualized in the sea where tides are rolling strongly forcing the seamen to rescue their canons. Through the rhythm of the painting, one can predict danger or rough situation engulfing the seamen. Moreover, one can notice that the rhythm changes from trouble to comfort viewing at the seamen. Line and shape are also an element in artwork that Albert used in his painting to separate the dimension of the painting. These lines separate three scenes in the painting that no one could notice without lines. Through the line, one can follow the course of the sea that separates the cloudy horizon from the vegetation horizon connecting to the rays of the sun. The scenario of the painting is looking horrible because of the dark clouds and the waves, which further adds to and support the rhythm of the painting. However, the usage of lines and subjects such as the trees direct the viewer’s attention to the rays of sun that the painter want him to consider as one of his major subject of the picture. The light coming from the sun divides the painting into pastoral and sublime. One can recognize the vast, powerful, and wild nature of the ocean through the sublime side. At the same time, the vegetation, comfort, and safety are present within the pastoral side. The rays of the sun combine the pastoral and sublime together in an inspiring way as if it is a transition…show more content… The image he created for the West inspired great explorations of the early modern world. Albert’s painting was a product of imaginations and people’s stories and myths about the Promised Land, which creates an interesting feature for the whole picture. But after adventurers made several trips to the west some that contributed to the western expansion to the outer rims of the frontier areas, many believed that Albert’s canvases were accurate depictions of the landscape. The spectacle of the Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast painting was that Albert Bierstadt painted it without being there or visiting the place before. Bierstadt captured the true essence of the American West and turned it into reality. His idealized world assisted in empowering the expansion to the new frontiers that developed a budding American nationalism that was contributed by a wealth of immigrants to the promised land of his
