This painting is an oil painting on canvas by Albert Bierstadt. (1863). It is called “The Rocky Mountain, Lander’s Peak.” Looking at just the composition Bierstadt uses dramatic lighting and atmospheric perspective to draw your eyes to the waterfall and then up to the mountains from a far distance. The detail and colors used show that the artist spent a lot of time one this piece. The diagonal lines of the mountains are separating the sky from the horizontal lines of the land and trees. The cool, slightly monochromatic, blue color of the sky and mountains also creates a clear separation from more upfront darker greenery. The vivid colors in front gradually fade to the softened colors in the back showing that they are farther away. The uneven