Jupiter Terrace In Yellowstone National Park By Thomas Moran

When looking at a picture there are certain tactics artist use to direct focus. It can be anything from using natural lines, farming an image just perfectly, or even colors used in painting. A lot of images from national parks typically have this effect on us. One example would be Thomas Moran's painting of Jupiter Terrace in Yellowstone National Park. This image shows an exceptional amount of color with oranges, blues, and yellows. Jupiter Terrace does this to show a sense of friendliness and warmth. Humans typically associate colors and shapes with other things in life, like how we put together the color yellow and the sun. With adding these bright colors it has brought these emotions into Jupiter Terrace showing this is an inviting scenery. Not only
There is a postcard from the 1960’s called Bears in Yellowstone National Parks, which is another piece of artwork that could also inflict this feeling of being safe in the national parks but. In this postcard there is an image of three cars stopped in the road. On the second car in line there is a bear on its back legs, leaning against the car attempting to stick its head in. This can be taken one of two ways, either this place is totally unsafe and we should not go there or, take another look at the picture and realize there are kids sticking their heads out the windows to get a picture of the bear, and how close the photographer we need to get to capture this picture. These people deem this situation as safe and are proving that there is nothing to worry about. This postcard is creating a false sense of security for the American people,