America expresses Nationalism Through Literature, Art, and Architecture

1. America expresses NationalismThrough Literature, Art, and Architecture

2. Famous Early American Authors Washington Irving First internationally recognized American Author First author to truly depict common American lives and themes.

3. Famous Early American Authors James Fennimore Cooper His novels portrayed the real lives of Native Americans and Settlers on the frontier

4. Famous Early American Authors Noah Webster His works, the Blue-Backed Speller and An American Dictionary of the English Language unified the American dialect.

5. The Transcendentalists A literary movement that expressed an almost religious feeling toward nature and stressed that individuals be self-reliant • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Leader of the Movement • Key Essays” • “Nature” & “Self-Reliance” • Henry David Thoreau • Lived in the wilderness for 2 years , wrote “Walden” • Wrote “Civil Disobedience” an essay about protesting injustice that later inspired Dr.King.

6. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser, who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within?

7. The Hudson river School of Art Before 1800 Most artwork looked like this… People were the focus

8. The Hudson river School of Art A group of painters formed the Hudson River School of Arts to focus on painting the country’s breathtaking landscapes, plants, and animals Like this…

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12. Architecture Founders like Thomas Jefferson thought that architecture was symbolic. They wanted the new nation’s architecture to emulate ancient Greece and Rome Why do you think they felt that way?

13. Neoclassical Architecture Neoclassical Architecture communicated the new nation’s commitment to democracy.

14. You Summarize • How did the art of the early 1800s express and define American Nationalism?