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Art of the Gilded Age

Art of the Gilded Age. “Hudson River School”. Group of painters who focused on Landscapes Drama of the American wilderness Often dramatic weather So named because of early focus on landscapes of rural upstate New York (Hudson River) Influenced by “Romanticism” Passion of human existence

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Art of the Gilded Age

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  1. Art of the Gilded Age

  2. “Hudson River School” • Group of painters who focused on • Landscapes • Drama of the American wilderness • Often dramatic weather • So named because of early focus on landscapes of rural upstate New York (Hudson River) • Influenced by “Romanticism” • Passion of human existence • Reaction against logical science of the times • Exotic locations and peoples • Excitement of bold, adventurous actions

  3. Albert Bierstadt: Looking Down Yosemite Valley (1865)

  4. Albert Bierstadt: Landers Peak (1863)

  5. Frederic Church: Morning in the Tropics (1877)

  6. Frederic Church: Twilight in the Wilderness (1860)

  7. Charles Sprague Pierce: Lamentations over the Death of the Firstborn of Egypt (1877)

  8. John Singer Sargent • Most famous portrait artist of late 1800s • Less concerned with photographic perfection; more concerned with capturing essence of person

  9. John Singer Sargent • Teddy Roosevelt

  10. Sargent: Robert Louis Stevenson and Wife (1885)

  11. Francisco: The Sick Child (1893)

  12. Childe Hassam: Improvisation (1899)

  13. Art Nouveau: 1890s and early 1900s • International artistic movement from 1890-1914 • Rejected shoddiness of mass-manufactured life • Rejoiced in patterns, design, especially floral and biological patterns • Characterized by • Sweeping rounded shapes • Graceful female forms • Curved, whimsical lettering • Biology-inspired forms

  14. Posters by Will Bradley, highest paid commercial artist in America, 1890s

  15. Poster by Will Bradley 1895-1896

  16. Louis Tiffany

  17. Edward Penfield: Harper’s Cover (1897) and Cornell University Baseball Poster (1908)

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