The Matterhorn by Albert Bierstadt, 1860 belarus or artist’s cotton canvas for

or artist’s cotton canvas for a rich

and “Persia” delights with its decorative illustrations

rejuvenated the ukiyo-e style

Emerald greens dominate—most memorably in the sweeping curtain and potted palms—while golden yellows frame the panels and warm the architecture

and beyond—alongside the sweeping landscapes of Mongolia

The Matterhorn by Albert Bierstadt, 1860 belarus or artist’s cotton canvas forAlbert Bierstadts The Matterhorn (1860) presents the Alps most iconic peak as a vision of the sublimecrystalline air, luminous sky, and a sharply silhouetted summit that seems to rise beyond the realm of ordinary experience. A leading figure of 19thcentury American Romantic landscape painting, Bierstadt channels the eras awe for wild places into a drama of light and atmosphere. The paintings sweeping vista, steeped in wonder, turns the Matterhorn into