The Old West Has Been Portrayed Truly And Falsely Through Art, Music, And Litera

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Term Paper Title	The Old West Has Been Portrayed Truly And Falsely Through Art, Music, And Litera
# of Words	377
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.51

        The old west has been portrayed truly and falsely through art, music, and literature from
the late 1800’s and early 1900’s up till this day when illustrated through movies.  Artistic
expression and communication presented the realities and illusions of the old west, some of
which attracted various people there, while keeping others at home.
     Beginning with art, one of the main painters of these years (1860-1900) was
Frederick Remmington.   He painted over 2,700 pictures of the frontier.  One example is
“Stamped by lighting.”  He also painted the Calvary charge on the southern planes.
Remmington portrayed the west truthfully.  For example, He didn’t paint the Indians as
savages, but as people.  Another artist of this period was Charles Russell.  He portrayed the
“bad guy” of the west as a tall, dark colored man with black hair and a black hat.  Another
artist of this period was Thomas Cole, who specialized in portraying the beauty and
grandeur of America.  Then there was the two Peale brothers, Raphaelle and Rembrandt,
who also did many paintings of the west in their time.  The beauty of the west was shown
in artistic ex...

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