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O cabo Horn próximo de Celilo

1867
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Carleton Watkins, um paisagista de grande talento em diversos ambientes, usou um negativo de vidro de grande formato para criar esta vista espetacular do céu, rio, estrada de ferro e pedras. Ele estava em um local à beira do rio Columbia, cerca de 160 quilômetros rio acima de Portland, Oregon. Celilo era o ponto final de uma viagem de medição topográfica de quatro meses de duração efetuada por conta da Oregon Steam Navigation Company. A fotografia estabelece um cuidadoso equilíbrio entre a natureza e a intervenção humana, sendo possível ser interpretada como uma metáfora visual do destino manifesto, ou seja, a crença de que os Estados Unidos estava destinado a estender sua soberania sobre todo o continente.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: O cabo Horn próximo de Celilo
  • Artista: Carleton Watkins, americano, 1829–1916
  • Data: 1867
  • Meio: Impressão em albumina de prata a partir de um negativo de vidro
  • Dimensões: 40 x 52,4 cm
  • Linha de créditos: Coleção Gilman, compra, doação da Fundação Horace W. Goldsmith, por Intermediação de Joyce e Robert Menschel, 2005
  • Número de acesso: 2005.100.109
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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