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is a modern masterpiece that captures the essence of this vibrant city

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The Matterhorn by Albert Bierstadt, 1860 belarus or artist’s cotton canvas forAlbert Bierstadts The Matterhorn (1860) presents the Alps most iconic peak as a vision of the sublimecrystalline air, luminous sky, and a sharply silhouetted summit that seems to rise beyond the realm of ordinary experience. A leading figure of 19thcentury American Romantic landscape painting, Bierstadt channels the eras awe for wild places into a drama of light and atmosphere. The paintings sweeping vista, steeped in wonder, turns the Matterhorn into