Representational Art

Representational Art shows natural images in a recognizable form. In other words, the more it looks like what you would see thorough your own eyes, the more representational it is. Albert Bierstadt's Sea Cove shows the ocean hitting the sand with a small land form with trees on it in the background. He also shows how the land form slopes down onto the sand with tree roots jutting out. There is seaweed on the beach to show how far the tide comes up on the sand at different times of the day. Sea Cove is extremely realistic which is the exact definition of Representational Art.