Cinnabar Mountain, Devil Slide
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows a big, dry landscape with mountains in the background and railroad tracks cutting across. The artist used a big glass negative to take the picture, which helped make the scene look very clear. This was a new way of taking pictures at the time. You can learn more about this kind of photography by looking up the technique of chiaroscuro.
