Luminism is a style of nineteenth-century American landscape painting known for its careful treatment of light, atmosphere, stillness, and expansive natural scenery. Luminist paintings often use subtle changes in tone, reflected light, atmospheric haze, and smooth surfaces to create a sense of depth and tranquility...
A landscape is the visible character of a place, including the landforms, water, vegetation, weather, light, and sometimes human-made features that give an area its distinct appearance. In photography and art, though, a landscape is more than a collection of physical features...
National park photography grew from a long American tradition of artists and photographers using protected landscapes to shape how people see the wilderness. Long before Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Mount Rainier became destinations for travelers, painters such as Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran and photographers such as Carleton Watkins and Ansel Adams used these places to create images that shaped how Americans saw the wilderness...
