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…showed last 75 words of 621 total…light is representing nature in a godlike state, bringing a sense of nature vs. civilization, a popular romantic idea of the time. I believe the function of this piece of art is to show the beauty of the American West to the old world. This was the theme of many of his other paintings. Overall this painting brings a good sense of the weathered past to us in the present and the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**