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Journey Through Lackawanna Valley: A Historical Landscape Interpretation

Explore George Inness' c.1856 masterpiece through elements, interpretations, and educational applications within biographical and historical contexts. Delve into the blend of nature and human-made elements like dark trees, roundhouses, and train smoke, emphasizing movement and the play of light and dark. Discover the significant use of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines capturing the Industrial Expansion of the 1850s and the "Slash and Cut" era. Consider whether the painting is a social statement or a literal rendering, using critical perspectives and educational applications for visual art and historical analysis.

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Journey Through Lackawanna Valley: A Historical Landscape Interpretation

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  1. The Lackawanna Valley by George Inness c. 1856 Presentation By Kitty Green August 12, 1999

  2. The Lackawanna Valley • The elements • Biographical and historical context • Interpretations • Educational application

  3. Value • Emphasis • dark tree • roundhouse • train smoke • Movement • light to dark

  4. Significant • Vertical • Horizontal • Diagonal • Blend of Nature and Human made Line

  5. Born in New York Hudson River School Traveled to Europe 1850s Barbizon school Very poor Barbizon School Landscapes Realism Plen-air method George Inness1825 - 1894

  6. Historical Context • 1850s Industrial Expansion • Railroads • “Slash and cut” • Environmentalists • Public Relations • Commissioned Inness • Advertising

  7. Historical Context • Roundhouse emphasized with light, but tiny • Refused to add non-existent tracks • Added “D, L, & W RR” later • Tree stumps • Two later paintings of Delaware Gap

  8. MY Interpretation Literal rendering or social statement? • Social Statement: • Choice of view • Addition of plumes • Aggravation stmt • RR’s reaction • Literal rendering: • Barbizon School • Picture of Scranton • Refusal to add tracks Artist’s quote -- Despite the aggravation [from the RR], the image had considerable power of painting in it, and the [effect of] distance is excellent.

  9. What the Critics Say • “The machine in the garden” • Harmonious co-existence • Iconic figuration • Enthusiastic affirmation of technology • Belated lament for vanishing wilderness

  10. Educational Application • Visual art analysis • Arts making exercise • Sci SOL -- Humans impact on earth • Hist SOL-- Use primary sources

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