Description
Albert Bierstadt’s A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie shows a dark sky pressing over a rugged valley. Sunlight breaks across portions of rock and mountain, while a lake and small figures lie beneath the approaching weather. Deep shadows make the illuminated slopes especially vivid.
The landscape’s drama comes from its uneven distribution of light. Clouds close off much of the sky, but bright passages carry the eye toward the distant peaks. The figures establish scale within a scene dominated by the immense movement of weather.
