This piece was inspired by a photograph that I took when I hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with my dad and my sister. This is a drawing of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon, hence the name “Canyon and Colorado.” I used the history of drawing landscapes to create this piece; I wanted to draw the Grand Canyon’s “base” with the Colorado- not at the rim. When people started to explore America, they had to bring back the king drawings, sketches, objects, and/or descriptions from their exploration. Usually, they would enhance their picture or description more than it really was, so that king would be excited and happy for what they found, and so they would be paid to go back and explore more. I wanted to replicate what explorers
The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural creations our planet has to offer. Have you ever been mesmerized by the giant cliffs, massive ridges, or the wide array of beautiful colors? If you answered yes, this paper is just for you! After reading this, you will be well educated about the Grand Canyon.
One of the largest geographic physical structures in the United States is the Colorado River. Human activity and its interaction with this great river have an interesting history. The resources provided by the river have been used by humans, and caused conflict for human populations as well. One of these conflicts is water distribution, and the effects drought conditions have played in this distribution throughout the southwestern region. Major cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and other communities in the southwest depend on the river. It provides water for over 20 million people, irrigation for 2 million acres of land, four thousand megawatts of hydroelectric energy, and over twenty million annual visitors for
Du Bois conveys his love for the Grand Canyon, and described this natural wonder as the “one thing that lived and will live eternal in my soul-the Grand Canyon” (Darkwater 165). For Du Bois, the Grand Canyon represented something eternal, something which held the imprint of God. Grand Canyon was a national park with anecdotes about life under Jim Crow, bringing double consciousness to bear on the history of conservation. The extent of the Canyon provided him some viewpoints on the violence committed against him and his people. It’s as if he was saying maybe, just maybe there is something else out there, something that provides a basis for hope. If the natural world is so grand, majestic, and beautiful, humanity could be some great day as well.
The Colorado River Basin starts in the Rocky Mountains and cuts through 1500 miles of canyon lands and deserts of seven US states and two Mexican states to supply a collection of dams and reservoirs with water to help irrigate cropland, support 40 million people, and provide hydroelectric power for the inland western United States [1,2]. From early settlement, rights over the river have been debated and reassigned to different states in the upper and lower basin; however, all the distribution patterns lead to excessive consumption of the resource. In 1922, the seven US states signed into the Colorado River Compact, which outlined the policy for the distribution rights to the water [3], however, this compact was written during an exceptionally
On Saturday, November 4th, I visited the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. The piece of art I decided to write about is called “A Mountain Symphony (Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado)” This two-dimensional oil on canvas painting was completed in America in 1927 by Sven Birger Sandzén. This painting has not been on public view since 1927 and is located in the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. It was a “Free Day” at the museum, so I decided to attend by myself. I was unable to get a picture of myself in front of the work of art I decided to write about, but I did get several pictures of the artwork and a picture of myself with the “Free Day” sticker. I decided to write about this work of art because it was the only piece in the museum that really stood out to me and really caught my attention. A Mountain Symphony is a lively, beautiful landscape painting with a vibrant pallet filled with luminosity and broad brushstrokes. The sculptural quality of the paint surface reflect the influence of turn-of-the century modernist techniques. The balance of color and light brings happiness and joy to the viewer.
Designed by Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley, this 18-hole championship golf course proves the perfect course for any player. Maintained to the highest of standards, the wide fairways and wavy greens prove to be easily playable, and have become a trademark at Copper Canyon. If this doesn't encourage you to play here, perhaps you will be indulged by the surrounding landscapes that prove to make Copper Canyon a truly special course. You will also find that the surrounding landscapes is not all that this golf course offers in regards to its beauty, as over 11 beautiful lakes are featured on the course itself, making an all round mesmerizing golf course.
The Linville Gorge, which is also known as “The Grand Canyon of North Carolina”, is astonishingly beautiful. Across the Linville Mountain, there are steep enclosed gorges, breathtaking waterfalls, and large hardwood and pine trees. Because of its largeness and beauty, the Linville Gorge is one of only three officially named wilderness areas in North Carolina. Surprisingly, it’s one out of the only two wilderness gorges in the southern United States. Linville Gorge is located in Burke County, which is near Grandfather Mountain. “The Grand Canyon of North Carolina” is unique, astonishing, and beautiful.
Colorado has a very rich history that often gets overlooked due to other big states that generally take up most of the headlines; however, that does not mean that there has not been big movements and big names to come through the Centennial State. Colorado has had many attractions, such as open land, beautiful landscapes, mining, and the hot springs to name a few. The ladder in that group of attractions brought to Colorado a man that was known in the west, and would forever be remember and one of the most famous gunman, Doc Holliday. Doc Holliday had a short, but eventful life and making his way towards Colorado at the end was what he had hope would save his life.
The illustration in #7.16, Trestle Work, Promontory Point, Salt Lake Valley by Andrew J.Russell is an image of a railroad track connecting two paths with men working on the site. Russell believed that the west was a great location to conduct his work because of the openness and freedom that was out there. Also to observe the natural scenery that it has to offer, which many have traveled to obtain such freedom and visual aspects of nature. As for #7.17, El Eaches or Three Brothers by Carleton E. Watkins is a description of a landscape winter forest by a lake, his purpose for this image was to capture the viewer's attention with the richness and the detail of the forest. For an individual to absorb the composition of the mountains in the picture
Native American art has changed as the world around the tribes has evolved. The pieces of art are as distinctive as the tribes that they originate from. The art always has some relationship to the earth. Many times stories can be told by looking at a single piece. As an artist Duane Linklater changed the information presented. He took Native American pieces and made 3D models in white plastic for his exhibit Salt 11: Duane Linklater at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. The 3D sculptures seemed to lack detail. The colors and materials of Native American Art had been stripped. The stories they could have told were impossible to see. Linklater did this to express the theme of information being lost over time.
In the early nineteenth century landscape artists painted scenes of America’s east side near the Hudson River, but by the mid-nineteenth century Landscape artists tended to paint portraits of the newly explored western territory and the South American tropics to show a more extravagant side of the United States.
I chose a piece titled Camisa Bicicleta, which was created in Argentine by an artist named Mart. This artwork is an obvious choice for its distinctive sketch-like lines. With just an ink pen and paper, this piece was composed by a collage of lines detailed with many different sized objects that help form the drawing as a whole. The background of the drawing is very simple. The moon was drawn by two, thin curved lines, and the stars drawn by a diagonal line with short lines through the middle creating an ex representing the stars. The background is split between, what is assumed to be land and sky, by a long, thick rigid line. Below the thick rigid line, the representation of land is made by mark making. Mart used repetitive lines to build texture
Balance is the principle of art that I see when I look at this painting. The oil and canvas art piece The View from Garrison, West Point, New York was made by the American artist David Johnson in 1870.On the left side we have the bigger mountain which would through off the balance to one side but the artist does a good job at leveling the art work. On the right side there are no big mountains but there seems to be a lot more vegetation and lighter colors which weights out the work of art.
Prior to settlement of the western United States, the Colorado River roamed free. Starting from cool mountain streams, the river eventually became a thunderous, silty force of nature as it entered the canyons along its path. The river nourished wetlands and other riparian habitats from the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the delta at the Sea of Cortez in Northwest Mexico. Settlers along the river harnessed these waters mainly for agriculture via irrigation canals, but flooding from spring runoff wreaked havoc on agricultural land, prevented development in the floodplain and full utilization of the water, a waste in the eyes of western farmers. In order to meet current and future water demands in the west, the Federal Government
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