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American Art

American Art. The Oxbow, by Thomas Cole, a noted Hudson River School artist. Romanticism. Stressed creativity and emotion Inspired by nature The American wilderness Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “Paul Revere’s Ride”. Early American Art.

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American Art

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

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

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

  4. Hudson River School • Founded by Asher Durand • Painted lush landscapes • Many traveled west for inspiration • Influenced by romanticism • John James Audubon • Drew birds, mammals, plants, and other subjects of nature • His Birds of America is the most important work on birds ever published

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

  6. Natural Bridge

  7. Ralph Waldo Emerson • Develop American beliefs and style • Do not copy the Europeans • Part of the Transcendentalism movement

  8. Henry David Thoreau • Emerson’s student • Moved to Walden pond to write • Thought people should live by their own standards • Member of the Transcendentalismmovement • Spiritual world is more important than the physical world • “Civil Disobedience” • Do not obey laws you feel are unjust

  9. 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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