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This passage from //Daisy Miller// not only directly describes the colesseum, but also how an American, Winterbourne, is taken by its grandeur and beauty. Similarly, this featured painting by Hall Groat II depicts not only the colesseum but its ancient awe-inspiring presence, as the impressive structure dominates the painting and reaches beyond the sky. It is sometimes hard not to find, somewhere in American novels, depictions of things somehow grand, whether in size or other forms of impression, as there is a unique bond between the American character and this idea. Similarly, American painters, especially in the early history of the country, will often have done landscapes or paintings of great buildings and landmarks sometime in their careers. Even when in foreign places, American writers and painters will find the things that leave a grand impression, such as the colesseum in Italy.

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