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...vistas were highly edited pastiches, ecological anthologies. But this enhanced their power for the 19th century viewer, who wanted epitomes of nature, filled with moral messages. These Church supplied in abundance. He never actually saw his volcano erupt -- it did so on Sept. 13, 1853, three days after he left the area -- but when he painted Cotopaxi in 1862 in full eruption, he could not have left much doubt that this scene also held a lesson for an America plunged into hatred and despair by the Civil War. The morning sun rises through the plume of smoke and ash, irresistibly...
...unfortunate that he has been forced to play three different parts throughout the drama. Two of these are pivotal characters in Willy's demise, and casting Rossetti in all three roles both detracts from his believability in any one and also creates some confusion for the viewer...
...exibit consists of three rooms containing hanging scrolls from different periods of Japanese history; of these, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Tokugawa are the best represented. This allows the viewer to compare scroll work from various periods in a relaxed, informal setting...
...drawbacks of the show is its failure to move chronologically, making it difficult for the viewer to appreciate the developing changes in writing style and presentation of text...
There are several relatively modern scrolls, landscapes done in water colors, by 20th century artist Tomioka Tessai; these offer the viewer an opportunity to witness the development of scroll work throughout history...