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The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, a noted Hudson River School artist

The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, a noted Hudson River School artist. American Art. Early American Art. Most of early American art (from the late 18th century through the early 19th century) consists of history painting and portraits. Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley (1768).

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The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, a noted Hudson River School artist

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  1. The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, a noted Hudson River School artist American Art

  2. Early American Art • Most of early American art (from the late 18th century through the early 19th century) consists of history painting and portraits.

  3. Paul Revereby John Singleton Copley (1768)

  4. Thomas Jeffersonby Charles Wilson Peale (1791)

  5. Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull (1786)

  6. Romanticism • Stressed creativity and emotion • Inspired by nature • The American wilderness • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • “Paul Revere’s Ride”

  7. Ralph Waldo Emerson • Wanted American to "ignore the courtly Muses of Europe“ • Define a distinct vision for American art. • Did not want Americans to rely on the Europeans • Part of the Transcendentalist movement

  8. Hudson River School • Founded by Asher Durand • Influenced by Romanticism and Emerson’s call for a distinct vision for American art. • Painted lush landscapes • Many traveled west for inspiration

  9. Asher Durand • 1791 – 1886 • Founder of the Hudson River School "Let [the artist] scrupulously accept whatever [nature] presents him until he shall, in a degree, have become intimate with her infinity...never let him profane her sacredness by a willful departure from truth." Self Portrait

  10. “Kindred Spirits”

  11. Thomas Cole • 1801 – 1848 Self Portrait

  12. Frederic Church 1826 – 1900

  13. N I A G A R A F A L L S

  14. Natural Bridge

  15. John James Audobon • Drew birds, mammals, plants, and other subjects of nature • Drew them as he floated down the Mississippi River • His Birds of America is the most important work on birds ever published • Today the Audubon Society continues his spirit of protecting birds and their habitats

  16. Influential Literature… • Nathaniel Hawthorne- The Scarlet Letter • Inspired by the Witchcraft trials • Washington Irving- “Rip Van Winkle” & “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” • First American writer to gain fame in Europe • Herman Melville- Moby Dick • Desire to kill a white whale • Edgar Allen Poe- “Murders in Rue Morgue” • Wrote the 1st detective stories • Walt Whitman- Leaves of Grass • Unrhymed poems about ordinary people

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