American Landscape

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American Landscape is a 1930 Precisionist painting by Charles Sheeler that depicts an industrial Ford Motor Company plant with crisp, geometric clarity and minimal human presence.

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American Landscape canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Precisionist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artisticStyle crisp, hard-edged forms ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ
basedOn Charles Sheeler’s photographs of the Ford River Rouge Plant ⓘ
colorPalette blues ⓘ
browns ⓘ
grays ⓘ
muted tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Charles Sheeler ⓘ
creatorNationality American ⓘ
creatorOccupation painter ⓘ
photographer ⓘ
depictionStyle highly controlled composition ⓘ
photographic clarity ⓘ
sharp linear perspective ⓘ
depicts Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant ⓘ
conveyors ⓘ
factory buildings ⓘ
industrial landscape ⓘ
minimal human presence ⓘ
railroad tracks ⓘ
smokestacks ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
depictsLocation Dearborn, Michigan ⓘ
depictsOrganization Ford Motor Company ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
genre industrial art ⓘ
landscape painting ⓘ
hasPart factory chimneys ⓘ
industrial buildings ⓘ
storage tanks ⓘ
waterfront structures ⓘ
inception 1930 ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
movement Precisionism ⓘ
notableCharacteristic absence of visible workers ⓘ
cool, detached viewpoint ⓘ
emphasis on order and clarity ⓘ
reduction of detail to simplified geometric forms ⓘ
subjectMatter American industrial modernity ⓘ
machine-age architecture ⓘ
theme American industrial power ⓘ
modernization of the United States ⓘ
relationship between technology and landscape ⓘ

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Charles Sheeler → notableWork → American Landscape ⓘ
Precisionism → hasNotableWork → American Landscape ⓘ