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Romantic art was expressed by individualism, irrationalism, creativity, emotions and nature. During this time, emotion was considered more important over reason along with the senses over intellect. Since artists during this period were in revolt against the orders, they favored the revival of potentially unlimited number of styles, which pretty much can be considered as anything that they liked or anything that pleased them. This artistic concept, which emerged as individual experience, showed specific love of exotic or foreign subjects, bright colors, and a dramatic use of light and line. Romantic artists often explore themes of passion, imagination, and the subconscious.
Albert Bierstadt tended to use large canvases, hence the size of the picture which was said to "dwarf" the size of normal paintings because he believed himself to be much more elegant than other painters. The romanticism is clear in his choices of subject and in his use of light as the "Ancon" is of a bright......

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