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code duran emporer mocktesuma and falls of kaaterskill
function of the figure
both are europeans views of native americans in their homeland and both are in percieved danger
emporer mocktesum II, ninth aztec ruler, emporer of aztec empire since 1502, land of 10,000,000 mesoamerican indians, is predicting what is going to happen in future to his empire
falls of kaaterskill- the native is in danger in present tense because his homeland is being destroyed and he is also seen very high up in the image, thomas cole represents him as being in danger, the figure does not seem aware of the danger of the fall
he does not appear to be there for any specific reason, hes holding a bow and arrow but there is no one around him and his culture is not represented because his people are not in the picture, hes just standing there looking across the river, in the land he was born
what does the figure contribute to the meaning
how do they transform the landscape
he is observing a comet "blazing across daytime sky" for a whole year, narrow at the tip and wide at the base, an omen percieved by him to represent the colapse of his empire and end of his rule.
falls of kaaterskill is a 'noble savage' in the eyes of cole
the figure makes the landscape appear vast and empty
especially kaaterskill he is being pushed out of his land
emporer interprets the comet as disastorous, cole represents native as being in danger
the landscape in kaaterskill had not been altered much by cultivation, all the trees are dying and wild, the native makes the waterfall look huge in comparison, but emporer has built an empire that has affected his land, the land looks big with few plants that look like they could have been manipulated by human influence
there is no one supporting them
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the emporer makes the house look small
skating on the frozen amstel river, louis choris russian 1816
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he created an alternate view for upper class british people rather than 'bloodthirsty savage'
the emporer sees the spaniards and the comet as a threat as a threat in the eyes of the spanish person who produced the painting, is fearful that he will one day no longer rule the mexican valley and the aztec people
the size of the figure represents the population of the natives
the emporers is standing on a platform, perhaps a platform that isnt very big compared to the huge comet and does not look very stable
it is the aztecs destiny to rule the world but after the world is concoured according to prophecy of deity quetsalcoatl, the feathered serpant promised to return to valley of mexicoon the year of the 'one reed' the same year of the comet and the year his empire was lost
the spanish people began
falls of kaaterskill and skating on amstel river
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both have only one figure
both are not represented by outside cultural, eg other people of their land
both have been invaded by europeans
both are in danger, physically
both are from a european view, not a native view
the falls of kaaterskill is a british view of a native american whereas the emporer is a spanish view of aztec emporer
the danger is percieved by the emporer but the british artist percieves the danger of the native
the danger of one is fate
the dutch country is growing in size and population whereas the aleutian population is shrinking
both frozen landscapes
one is mainly sea one is land
Aleut could eventually become opressed or perhaps already is, the dutch people have been recently liberated from opression
both have adapted to the frozen landscape and have a culture that ties in with the landscape and weather conditions
there are no buildings in aleut painting but there are in dutch painting
they are both making use and engaging with the land and the sea
they both could be trading
the aluet could be just trading food whilst the dutch people are trading information/ other goods
they are both wearing clothing adapted to the land
one land is thriving with people and the other one is (almost) empty
the lands are vast
one land has not been altered much by cultivation and one is in the process of being altered by cultivation
both have been opressed
both are european paintings
the dutch people are growing because they are liberated from oppression and the native is on the brink of extinguishment because of opression
one is british produced 1818 one is dutch, 1611
both are landscapes
one landscape is full of trees and the other is full of people and buildings, few trees
louis choris +falls of kaaterstill
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emporer mocktezuma and louis choris
uninhabitable
landscape and sea not altered much by cultivation
natives forced out of their land
nearly empty
both of natives from a view of a different nationality
viewed as different
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opressors arrived by ship
lived there for a long period of time
they are both painted from the point of view of the opressor
both cultures have changed due to invasion