Looking up the Yosemite Valley-Albert Bierstadt

This painting was made by the famous romantic painter Albert Bierstadt. He was born in Solingen, Germany on January 7 1830 and this was one of his most famous paintings. In this picture you can see the transition from dark to light as you go up the painting. The light is focused predominately on the Yosemite valley and the sky while the dark is on the ground in front of it. This painting is far from nonconformist and actually is a great example of a romantic painting. At the end of his life this painting was bestowed to the Haggin museum is California being one of the biggest attractions.

This painting has a contrast of light to dark as you go down with a feeling of aversion in the bottom. Though with sun out across the valley it is very peaceful. Their is no consistent color it seems all to be according to the actual color done with very thin brush strokes. It is very life like and detailed down to every aspect since Albert Bierstadt was not loath in painting this picture. It has the mountain with a very defined shape.

This painting has two parts that come into unity with a light and dark side. Both of these are balanced on their respect sides and are both an equal amount of the painting. The rhythm is very calm and soothing on the top that regresses towards to the bottom where it gets much darker. While it is very clear that it is wanted for your focus and emphasis to be on the top looking down the valley towards the mountains and the sky while the bottom. Mostly the bottom right corner has less emphasis and seems to be unimportant.