Representational

Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt. This painting is representational of the Yosemite Valley..  The painting so real that the term photorealistic applies. Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion.  The lighting in the painting is consider romantic and behind the cloud it almost glows which is considered to be luminism. The canvas is large compared to others artists painting.  Bierstadt would not always stay true to the colors of nature and would in turn paint how he would see the colors.  In the painting you can see that greenness of the grass with no dry areas.