18th -20th century · Horizon, territory and sublime

Sierra Nevada, Hudson in Autumn, Wild Twilight and Heart of the Andes show the panoramic view between exploration, national identity and spectacular nature staging.

The panorama broadens the visual field to the point of making the gaze a travel experience. In the United States, Bierstadt, Cropsey and Church construct vast landscapes linked to territorial expansion, tourism and the Hudson River school. Among the Sierra Nevada assembles observed reliefs and workshop effects for an Eastern audience. Autumn on the Hudson gives the season a national dimension. Twilight in the Hudson transforms the sky into an almost apocalyptic event. The Heart of the Andes transforms the sky into an almost apocalyptic event. The sky turns the sky into an almost apocalyptic event. Twilight in the Wilderness turns the sky into an almost apocalyptic event. The Heart of the Andes synthesizes several ecosystems after Church's travels to South America. These images can celebrate nature while erasing indigenous presence, conflict and transformation colonial territories of the territory. The "Panoramic Landscapes" selection notably compares Among the Sierra Nevada, California and Autumn on the Hudson River. His reading favors movement.

The panorama promises to see everything; its real question is what immensity chooses to show, order or leave out of frame.