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I think that Edward Curtis tried to touch on life before the violence. How the Native Americans lived before the blood, violence, etc. I think people would perceive these wrong and tend to think that the West was a calm peaceful place. I think these serve as a memory of how life used to be, clearly that it wasn’t fun and games, but a lot of work.
I enjoy the contrast in Albert Bierstadt’s paintings. He likes to vary from showing families moving in wagons, to the Native Americans, to the beautiful scenery the surrounds the West. I think people would perceive these and think that the West was a quiet, peaceful, and overall gorgeous place to be. I think the meaning of these is to ignore the violence, and focus on the beauty of the land.
George Catlin’s paintings focus on the Native Americans, and most of the activities they did throughout the day. Some also bring a family aspect and are pictures of families. I think people might perceive the West as chaotic and full of excitement after viewing these. I think the purpose is to show how daily life for Native Americans was. It certainly didn’t seem easy, and it gives off a taste of what it’d be like to have lived back then.
I like that Thomas Moran is the first of these artists to really focus on the cowboy aspect of the West. Not only that, but he also focuses a great deal on the scenery like Bierstadt did. I think that people would perceive these exactly the same way they would with Bierstadt’s, they’d think the West was a beautiful place with not much activity. I think the purpose of these was exactly the same as Bierstadt. To show what a truly beautiful place the West was.
What I love about Frederic Remington’s pictures, are that they focus solely on the cowboy/horse aspect of the West. It’s something other artists briefly touched on, but we never got a full look at the life of a cowboy. I think people would perceive these as seeing the West full of rugged rough cowboys who enjoy riding horses and violence. I think these paintings are used to represent the difference in lifestyles between the Native Americans and the cowboys. These are my favorite paintings.
Edward S. Curtis
It looks like these photos show a lot of interest in the Native American lifestyle. Many of the pictures are of Native Americans in their daily outfits and custom, others are of the outdoors and their general lifestyle. The photographs also shows how civilized they were. They show what their houses were like, what means of transportation they had, what their general sense of religion was, the way they dressed, and just the general way they lived. There is definitely a sense that the people are hard working in many of the photos. In fact, many of the photos, if not all of, of people are very stern looking, though that could have been the way they took pictures then too.
Albert Bierstadt
Many of these pictures are mostly about nature, and some have people coping with the nature. A lot of pictures are shown in somewhat panoramic view showing the endlessness of the outdoors. Some of the photographs look as if they were painted after lots of study. One picture somewhat stood out to me. It was one about a building or some type of architecture on fire. Maybe it had some kind of meaning with the interaction with people and nature. There was also another one that was describing an animal tracker who was hoisted up on a horse, which may have had a similar meaning too. The nice thing about the pictures is that the views vary in their focus.
George Catlin
These paintings seem to focus more on the Native Americans extreme lifestyles, and also had shown that maybe he didn’t think they were very civilized according to some of the titles of some paintings. It also seemed that some of the paintings were a little bit more morbid, such as the alligator’s nest which I don’t believe had much to do with Native American and Western history. The painting of the after effects of buffalo hunting along with antelope hunting hadn’t given off the best feelings either. One very interesting painting was the before and after civilization picture of a Native American chief. I, personally, had mixed feelings for that painting and I couldn’t really come to a conclusion on what it was trying to show. It seemed like the paintings were pointing a lot toward Native American violence.
Thomas Moran
These sites are more of a biography. His paintings are very realistic on how vast the west was. The paintings gained a lot of attention in their time and people had their own ideas behind the paintings, they each had quite a bit of history to carry along with them. He found a liking in water color; many of his paintings were done with watercolor, if not all. There were also some paintings that had a lot to do with civilization and the U.S.’s production in that time. The other interest that seemed to be shown were ocean paintings, large bodies of water or just paintings having their main focus being some type of body of water.
Fredric Remington
His works seem to show more of the Wild West rather than exact lifestyles. They show more “Indian vs. Cowboy” subjects. Most paintings are about action and war. Few have relaxing views of people in their horses.
Edward S. Curtis- His pictures, for the most part, are of Indians and the way they lived. He doesn’t look at the old west as a violent place. He sees it as a peaceful, more traditional place. The pictures show us what their daily life was like. By the way he displays the pictures, you can tell he respected the way they lived. He depicts the old west is a lot different was what the average person would. He wants to show us how he thinks the old west really was like. I think that Edward Curtis told the truth about the old west through his pictures, but not the whole truth. He tended to focus his attention on the Indians that lived in the old west.
Albert Bierstadt- The pictures on his website are a lot broader than the other site. Landscapes seemed to be his main focus. He looked at the nature side of the old west. Instead of showing the people that inhabit the area he made pictures that showed us the beauty of the environment in the old west. He also had pictures of the animals that live their. I think he tells the truth through his pictures. He shows us the better side of the old west.
George Catlin- Old Indian life was what he depicted on his website. His pictures were about the way things were done for the Indians in older times. He also shows us the kind of traditions they had. Many of the pictures showed us these dances they used to do. He wanted to show us that they weren’t a violent culture. In my opinion he was telling the truth but he seemed to leave out all of the violence that did spark in that time period.
Albert Bierstadt
Many of these pictures are mostly about nature, and some have people coping with the nature. A lot of pictures are shown in somewhat panoramic view showing the endlessness of the outdoors. Some of the photographs look as if they were painted after lots of study. One picture somewhat stood out to me. It was one about a building or some type of architecture on fire. Maybe it had some kind of meaning with the interaction with people and nature. There was also another one that was describing an animal tracker who was hoisted up on a horse, which may have had a similar meaning too. The nice thing about the pictures is that the views vary in their focus.
Edward S. Curtis
It looks like these photos show a lot of interest in the Native American lifestyle. Many of the pictures are of Native Americans in their daily outfits and custom, others are of the outdoors and their general lifestyle. The photographs also shows how civilized they were. They show what their houses were like, what means of transportation they had, what their general sense of religion was, the way they dressed, and just the general way they lived. There is definitely a sense that the people are hard working in many of the photos. In fact, many of the photos, if not all of, of people are very stern looking, though that could have been the way they took pictures then too.
Thomas Moran
Thomas Moran is the first of these artists to really focus on the cowboy aspect of the West. Not only that, but he also focuses a great deal on the scenery like Bierstadt did. I think that people would perceive these exactly the same way they would with Bierstadt’s, they’d think the West was a beautiful place with not much activity. I think the purpose of these was exactly the same as Bierstadt. To show what a truly beautiful place the West was.
George Catlin
These paintings seem to focus more on the Native Americans extreme lifestyles, and also had shown that maybe he didn’t think they were very civilized according to some of the titles of some paintings. It also seemed that some of the paintings were a little bit more morbid, such as the alligator’s nest which I don’t believe had much to do with Native American and Western history. The painting of the after effects of buffalo hunting along with antelope hunting hadn’t given off the best feelings either. One very interesting painting was the before and after civilization picture of a Native American chief. I, personally, had mixed feelings for that painting and I couldn’t really come to a conclusion on what it was trying to show. It seemed like the paintings were pointing a lot toward Native American violence.
Frederic Remington
Frederic Remington’s pictures, are that they focus solely on the cowboy/horse aspect of the West. It’s something other artists briefly touched on, but we never got a full look at the life of a cowboy. I think people would perceive these as seeing the West full of rugged rough cowboys who enjoy riding horses and violence. I think these paintings are used to represent the difference in lifestyles between the Native Americans and the cowboys.
Albert Bierstadt displayed the old west as a very peaceful place. His use of the great outdoors, sunsets and many other things in nature creates very Zen like surroundings. He made very many breathtaking paintings of wonders in nature. From pictures of waterfalls to ones of clouds he makes the old west seem very tranquil. This is how most people of the time probably saw the old west, not as a violent place, but a simple beautiful breath taking place.
George Catlin has a very different approach to the old west than Bierstadt did. Catlin’s paintings look more tribal more Native American. Some of his paintings look as though they were painted on buffalo skin or some sort of hide. Many of these paintings did deal with buffalo, and all had to do with Native Americans. This shows the old west as a kind of simpler time, very native, very cave man like.
Thomas Moran like Bierstadt displayed the old west in nature. Not so much ghost towns and bar fights but more of a beautiful place. This creates a very tranquil view of the old west. People probably loved these paintings because they gave a new perspective of the old west than what they know of. The old west was a very violent place, but it’s these, behind the scenes, scenes that change the world and give us a new perspective of the old west.
Frederic Remington displayed the old west as more of a violent time and not so much peaceful like Moran and Bierstadt. Cowboys on horses, Indians and the white man in battle, it’s these kinds of violent displays that give the old west this violent connotation. This displays the under belly of the old west, the old west. This is probably because the focuses of many of these paintings are on cowboys, unlike Moran and Bierstadt who showed the old wests nature and not the people.
Edward S. Curtis shows an abstract west. These pictures beautiful scenes are breath taking and almost seem unreal when you see them. The mountains, water and rocks show the old west in a very peaceful way. These pictures are based on Indians or nature making them very peaceful. But I have a sneaking suspicion that if they were based on cowboys they would be violent once again. I said that these pictures were abstract because the scenes are so gorgeous that they seem almost unreal or abstract. These pictures show a very entertaining old west.
Edward S. Curtis: This artist for the most part is telling the truth about the west. These pictures played a big role in public opinion as it probable persuaded some Americans to preserve the native American culture of certain tribes nearing extinction. His primary purpose of these pictures was to take pictures of dying tribes to preserve their cultures and ways before the tribes reached extinction.
Albert Bierstadt: I think that this artist lies a lot about the culture of the old west. His pictures show very open fields probably representing how uncivilized and small the old west is. These images probably affected the public very little because they all knew what the cities were like. I think Alberts main purpose was to show how undeveloped the Old West was.
George Catlin: I believe that George’s interpretation of the west was accurate but exaggerated. His paintings often depict Indians and fights among Indians and buffalo. This had a huge effect on the public as it was paintings like these that caused people to be inconsiderate to tribes, thus they all died off. Alberts main purpose was to show how violent the Indian tribes.
Thomas Moran: Thomas’s pictures were very accurate interpretations of the people and landscaped of the west. The public probable thought very little of his pictures as they just represented things that they would see on a daily basis. Thomas’s main purpose was to preserve the culture and landscape of the old west. He did this in great detail.
Frederic Remington: Remington’s pictures focus mostly on what we know best about the west. This is the cowboy era. His pictures are probably inaccurate because it seems like his cowboy pictures widely exaggerate the amount of cowboys during this time. The public probably liked his pictures as they are very enjoyable action shots of cowboys. I think remingtons goal was to depict the cowboy aspect of the west in great detail.
Albert Bierstadt
He showed the old west as a very peaceful place. This is obviously not an accurate depiction of the old west. His use of the great outdoors and things in nature creates very laid back surrounding. He made very many wonderful paintings of nature. He did a lot of paintings of graceful and beautiful things like waterfalls and clouds. people of the time probably saw the old west as very peaceful, not as a violent place.
George Catlin
His paintings look more tribal and more Native American then Bierstadt. Many of these paintings are of buffalo and all had to do with Native Americans. Some of his paintings look as though they were painted on some sort of hide. This shows the old west as an Indian reservation, and not very violent.
Thomas Moran
He, like Bierstadt displayed the old west in nature of a beautiful place. This is a very peaceful view of the old west. People were given a new view of the old west as a relaxing and quite place. Although the Old west was a very violent place, the paintings make it seem different. I think the purposes of these paintings are to change people’s views of the old west.
Frederic Remington
He displayed the old west a violent time. These paintings are of cowboys, Indians and white men all battling on horse backs to the death. This displays the real old west. Because the paintings don’t show any nature and all violence, people are made to believe that only violence was occurring. This may be a stretch from the truth, but there was a lot of violence.
Edward S. Curtis
He shows a Hollywood enhanced west. These pictures almost seem unreal when you see them. He depicts the West as a very peaceful place through nature much like the first two painters. These pictures might be far fetched based on they look fake and also they are showing a nonviolent west. People who see these pictures are lead to believe that life in the West is pleasant and graceful.
Edward S. Curtis- I feel he made the old west seem anything but violent. I think people would percieve this wrong as well just beucase how he displayed it, being nonviolent before. It shows tha traditions, daily life, normal things that they did. I think he respected their culture and made it be more positive. Clearly this shows how serious their lives were. The dedication to their family and lives are very emphasized and strong.
Albert Bierstadt- I think he gives a strong visual reference to the people. He shows what lives of the native americans was really like. From people moving in wagons and displaying how truely beautiful their land really was. I think people would think the west is very clam and overall a great place to be with peace. I think he is more focused on the beauty than violnce.
George Catlin- He focused more on the activities throught the day and by the names of the paintings i dotn think they were very civilized. But some of them focus on family, which his pictures are well thought out. I think people would think this to be very busy and stressfu. There are so many things going on to really enjoy the west. I thinkt he purpose was to show daily life. It wasent easy at times btu they always found new ways to help them be successful.
Thomas Moran- He focused on the beauty that the cowboys got to see everyday. His paintings are more realistic and we see how huge the west really is. I think that people would think it is yet again very calm and nothing much is really happening. You can always tell what the main focus is and im glad you can see how it the west is right away.
Frederic Remington- I think his are focused on the cowboys alot. This shows right away how violent the west really is. We now gett he full effect of what it was like to live and kill their in the west. They are mainly about war and briefly show the relazation with the horses.They show the strong difference between native americans and cowboys. I think this is the best paintings becuase cowboys are the main point of the west.
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