Study for Westward Movement: Justice of the Plains
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http://www.artnet.com/artists/john-steuart-curry/study-for-westward-movement-justice-of-the-plains-a-484q5WinWaCurD_s1wSsXQ2
Painting
14 x 32 in. (35.6 x 81.3 cm.)
Descandants of William Lett's
http://www.brockwayfamily.com/journal/Letts/letts.htm
Colored engraving, 19th century
Dimensions unknown
Encyclopedia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379134/Mexican-American-War
Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C.
Harper's Weekly
volume #2, (1858 April 24)
p. 264
Wood engraving
As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground.
]]>This dramatic and brilliantly colored canvas shows Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto, riding a white horse, the first European to view the Mississippi River, in 1541.
As De Soto and his troops approach, the Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. In the foreground is a jumble of weapons and soldiers, suggesting the attack they had suffered shortly before. To the right, a monk prays as a crucifix is set in the ground.
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
Architect of the Capitol
http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/historic-rotunda-paintings/discovery-mississippi-by-de-soto
Oil painting on canvas
365.76 cm by 548.64 cm (144.00 in by 216.00 in)
Over the course of fifty years, almost 400,000 people traveled the 2,170-mile route, leaving their farms along the East Coast in hopes of securing fertile land in the Oregon Territory.
American artist Albert Bierstadt documented his journey on the trail, capturing the dramatic panoramas and indomitable spirit of the emigrants on his oversized canvases. With their rich colors and pristine details, these romanticized images roused an already fascinated American public to begin their own westward adventure.
]]>Redefined by territorial expansion in the mid-1800s, the boundary of the American West shifted from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, fueled largely by exploration and emigration along the Oregon Trail, among others.
Over the course of fifty years, almost 400,000 people traveled the 2,170-mile route, leaving their farms along the East Coast in hopes of securing fertile land in the Oregon Territory.
American artist Albert Bierstadt documented his journey on the trail, capturing the dramatic panoramas and indomitable spirit of the emigrants on his oversized canvases. With their rich colors and pristine details, these romanticized images roused an already fascinated American public to begin their own westward adventure.
Oil on canvas
67" x 102"