Through the techniques of idealism and realism painting, Hiroshige and Albrecht Durer create two pieces that are found extremely humble and peaceful. A bridge in a Snowy Landscape is a woodblock print while the piece by Albrecht Durer is an engraving that exhibits a Christian scholar translating the bible. Hiroshiges uses manipulation of reality to enforce on the viewer the grandness and security of nature, while Durer uses the technique of immense realistic detail to welcome the viewer into the small room in which St.Jerome works.
The Japanese wood print A Bridge in a Snowy Landscape illustrates layers of distant vistas of large natural features; such as the two large mountains in the center, along with a river flowing through the middle of the print. The grandeur of the scenery discriminates any true detail (except for the overbearing shadow cast by the mountains) usually depicted in a realistic landscape painting. The painting appears like an ideal picture of a peaceful......
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