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Hudson River School

Hudson River School. 19th Century American Art. Ideas + Infuences. 1st coherent school of American art Shaped mythos of American landscape Prevalent genre of 19th century American art Roots in European Romanticism Define a distinct vision for American art

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Hudson River School

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  1. Hudson River School 19th Century American Art

  2. Ideas + Infuences • 1st coherent school of American art • Shaped mythos of American landscape • Prevalent genre of 19th century American art • Roots in European Romanticism • Define a distinct vision for American art • Sense of awe for natural resources and optimism for potential • Depicted a New World wilderness • Man, small beside vastness of creation, retained a divine spark • HR painters believed art to be an agent of moral and spiritual transformation • “Luminists” experimented with effects of light on water and sky

  3. 2 Great Painters Thomas Cole (1801-1848) Asher B. Duran (1796-1886)

  4. The Oxbow, 1836 Thomas Cole

  5. A View of Fort Putnam, 1825 Thomas Cole

  6. Progress (The Advance of Civilization), 1860 Asher B. Durand

  7. Sunday Morning, 1860 Asher B. Durand

  8. Kindred Spirits, Asher B. Durand • Durand and Cole depicted together • A broken tree stump = Hudson River School’s symbolic reminder that life is fragile • Humans are tiny, yet elevated by grandeur of landscape

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