Olin's MidUnit 4 Post

Luminism



This is another painting by Jasper Francis Cropsey that involves Luminism called Starrucca Viaduct, Pennsylvania. This painting shows a man on a rock staring into the distance watching a train roll down the tracks around a pond. Like other pieces of art that involve Luminism, the eyes are drawn towards the background, not the foreground of the painting




Luminism



This image above is another example of the art style luminism. As said before Luminism is an American landscape painting style of the 1850s – 1870s, characterized by effects of light in landscapes, through using aerial perspective, and concealing visible brushstrokes. This piece of art, painted by Albert Bierstadt, was made during the same time as the Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. This image possesses all the aspects of Luminism.




Jasper Francis Cropsey



Jasper Francis Cropsey is the artist who painted Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. was born February 18, 1823, on his father's farm in Rossville, Staten Island, New York. He was the eldest of eight children in a family descended from Dutch and French Huguenot immigrants. Majority of his paintings involved Luminism.




19th Century Farms in the North



This an image from a farm in the northeast United States in the late 19th century. This may be a photograph, but it is the same type of farm illustrated in Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. An interesting detail that sets this farm and the New Hampshire farm apart from Southern farms is that there is no slaves in paintings or photographs. This detail shows the the type of labor used at farms in the north at the time.




Eagle Cliff, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire





The image above is a photograph of the actual Franconia Notch in New Hampshire. The farm that is located in the valley in the painting was most likely placed there after the clearing of a space of land. Having this farm placed in the valley also was a concept of protection. The house, crops, and the farm animals are hidden between the mountains.