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 We hover over the bottle-green surface of a river as it rushes toward a horseshoe-shaped waterfall that curves away from us in this horizontal landscape painting. The water is white and frothy right in front of us, where the shelf of the riverbed changes levels near the edge of the falls. Across from us, the water is also white where it falls over the edge. A thin, broken rainbow glints in the mist near the upper left corner of the painting and continues its arc farther down, between the falls. The horizon line is just over halfway up the composition. Plum-purple clouds sweep into the composition at the upper corners against a lavender-colored sky. Tiny trees and a few buildings line the shoreline to the left and right in the deep distance.
 Frederic Edwin Church *Niagara*, 1857 Read full audio transcript새라캐쉬:

저는새라캐쉬이고,국립미술관영미회화부문의어소시에이트큐레이터입니다.



프레드릭처치가1857년그린이나이아가라그림에서,물론나이아가라폭포가보이죠.이그림은당시급진적이며혁명적이었습니다.마치폭포위에매달려서보는것같으니까요.매우놀라운점입니다.화가는폭포의근경과원경을모두우리눈앞에가져다놓았습니다.다시말하면,인간의눈으로는볼수없는장면입니다.



새라케이픈:

화가는모든방해요소를제거해서우리를장면의본질로연결해준것같습니다.우리인간을넘어서서생각하도록하는거죠.저는새라케이픈입니다.나이아가라폭포국립유산구역소장입니다.



새라캐쉬:

이렇게그린또다른이유는그당시미국인들이이장소를새로운국가의상징이자신생국의생명력같은상징으로보았음을알았기때문입니다.



해설자:

단,당시일부미국인들에게,나이아가라폭포는전혀다른무언가를의미했습니다.자유로가는길이었죠.



새라케이픈:

처치가나이아가라폭포를관찰하러갔을때,폭포는이미오늘날과매우비슷한,대단한관광지였습니다.하지만거기에암류가흐르고있었습니다.남부농장주들도나이아가라폭포를보러왔는데,노예를거느리고있는사람들을데려와서시중들게했습니다.캐터랙트하우스호텔에서일하는웨이터들은대부분자유민인아프리카계미국인들이었는데노예신분으로따라온사람들에게다음과같이말했을수도있을겁니다. “잘들어요.자유가말그대로당신500미터앞에있어요.거기에가도록우리가도울수있어요.”



해설자:

나이아가라폭포,나이아가라강을따라쏟아지는여러폭포들은미국과캐나다의국경을가릅니다.이곳에온방문자들은아메리칸폭포바로너머에캐나다국경과처치가그린장관이펼쳐진다는걸깨닫습니다.



새라케이픈:

자유를추구하는사람들은,그웅장한폭포에둘러쌓여서바닥까지300피트도넘는깊이를끝없는나무계단으로달려내려간뒤,노젓는배를타고아메리칸폭포우측맨아래에서건넜습니다.자유가있는,캐나다로건너갔습니다.중요한이야기이지만아무도들려주지않았죠.



저는개인적으로,그림을보면지금도그때만큼이이야기가와닿는걸느껴요.정말마음이뭉클해집니다.한편뭔가실행에옮길다짐을하고돌아가게합니다.눈을뜨게해줍니다.이것이우리역사라고.우리가자연과땅과이런관계에있다고알려주죠.무엇보다중요한것은,우리에게청지기가되어서이장소가대대손손건재하도록보존하라고촉구하고있습니다. 서관 투어: 특별 전시
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