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American Art

This text delves into the rich tapestry of American art and literature from the late 18th to early 19th century, highlighting the Hudson River School's focus on nature and emotion, exemplified by Thomas Cole's "The Oxbow." It covers key figures like John James Audubon and influential writers such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Walt Whitman. The movement's foundation in Transcendentalism, led by thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, emphasized individualism, the importance of the spiritual world, and the rejection of European artistic norms.

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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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