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Defining America: Art in the 1800s

Defining America: Art in the 1800s. By: Jordan, Casey, Ryan, Ryder, Amber, Dillon. Period APUSH . Introduction. The maturing American environment was exemplified through the exquisite art that showed unexplored wilderness and the jobs of everyday people living in the time.

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Defining America: Art in the 1800s

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  1. Defining America:Art inthe 1800s By: Jordan, Casey, Ryan, Ryder, Amber, Dillon Period APUSH

  2. Introduction • The maturing American environment was exemplified through the exquisite art that showed unexplored wilderness and the jobs of everyday people living in the time. • American nationalism was represented by the grandeur and beauty hidden away in the American frontier.

  3. Hudson River School • Founded by Thomas Cole • Painted landscapes of American wilderness • Sought to preserve wilderness and wildlife it was the early form of modern day PETA

  4. Thomas Cole • Born: February 1, 1801 • Learned Painting from traveling painter in Ohio • Along with Asher Durand founded Hudson River School

  5. Thomas Cole

  6. Rocky Mountain School • A group of artist with a common interest in landscapes. • Focused especially on the west and Rocky Mountains • Romantic Realism

  7. Albert Bierstadt • Art represented westward expansion in 19th century • Saw his art as majestic and representational of the beginnings of America. • Traveled through the west, painted what he saw.

  8. Albert Bierstadt

  9. Thomas Moran • Born: 1837 • Paintings of Yellowstone shown to congress, inspired them to create National Park System • Paintings, expressive of America

  10. Thomas Moran

  11. George Caleb Bingham • Born: March 20th, 1811 • Genre Painter • Focused on images of westward movement and manifest destiny

  12. George Caleb Bingham

  13. William Sydney Mount • Born: November 26, 1807 • First painter to display slaves in a respectable way • Believed in states rights to decide on slavery

  14. William Sydney Mount

  15. Conclusion • Thus the formation of the American identity was illustrated through the evolution of artistic expression in the early 1800s. • The American spirit was defined through the art that joined together the populous and presented the unknown wilderness of the American west.

  16. Bibliography • "Thomas Cole." NNDB tracking the entire world. NNDB. 1 Oct 2007 <http://www.nndb.com/people/111/000104796/>. • "Thomas Cole (1801-1848)." The Artchive. 3 Oct 2007 <http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cole.html>. • "Art, Artists and Nature: The Hudson River School ." Albany Institute of history and art. Albany Institute of History and Art. 2 Oct 2007 • Bingham, George Caleb. Jolly Flatboatmen in Port. 1857. Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis. 30 September 2007 • http://www.stlouis.art.museum/index.aspx?id=134&obj=14 • Bingham, George Caleb. Country Election. 1851-52. Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis. 30 September 2007 • < http://www.stlouis.art.museum/index.aspx?id=122&exh=74> • Novak, Barbara. American Painting of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2007. • Johns, Elizabeth. American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. • Lubin, David M.. Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994

  17. Images • http://www.artchive.com/artchive/d/durand/durand_kindred.jpghttp://www.nndb.com/people/111/000104796/thomas-cole-1-sized.jpg • http://www.3villagecsd.k12.ny.us/Elementary/minnesauke/3villagehist/images/selfport.jpg • http://www.geocities.com/old_lead/SchoolboysquarrelingWSMount1830.jpg • http://www.travelhudsonvalley.org/upload/gallery/14/1154121841_cole-katterskill-falls2.jpeg • http://www.artwork_images_884_194075_resize_albert-bierstadt-snow-in-the-rockies.asp.jpeg • http://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_indians_and_other_sketches/images/thumbnail/albert_bierstadt.jpg • http://www.kclibrary.org/lhimgs/kcpl/regular/bingham_reg.jpg • http://www.nga.gov/feature/moran/age18.jpg • http://www.treadwaygallery.com/ONLINECATALOGS/MARCH2005/paintimages/0621.jpg • http://hermes.hrc.ntu.edu.tw/lctd/asp/arts/26/picture_large.jpg • http://mes.vail.k12.az.us/%20Art/Art%2002-03/gcbingham.jpg • https://store.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/images/products/PC10PORT.jpg • http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/Cropsey-AutumnonHudsonRiver.jpg

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