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The Art of the Daguerreotype: Origins, Impact, and the Hudson River School

Explore the fascinating world of daguerreotypes, the first successful photographic process developed by Louis J. Daguerre in 1829. This artistic evolution profoundly influenced realism, with artists from the Hudson River School capturing the sublime beauty of America's undeveloped landscapes. Their works, echoing Transcendentalist ideologies, celebrated nature as a source of wisdom. The balance between human insignificance and the grandeur of nature in their paintings created a visual mythology of America, addressing themes like nationalism, westward expansion, and societal concerns.

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The Art of the Daguerreotype: Origins, Impact, and the Hudson River School

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  1. Daguerreotype • What is it? Origins? • Renn – Camera Obsurca to 1829 -- Louis J.M. Daguerre • The process and impact -- Realism

  2. Background • These artists captured the undiluted power of nature • Paint the nation’s most spectacular and undeveloped areas [the new Garden of Eden]. • Nature was the best source of wisdom &fulfillment. • They created visual embodiments of the ideals ofthe Transcendentalists.*Painting is the vehicle through which the universal mind could reach the mind of mankind.* Art is the agent of moral & spiritual transformation.

  3. Characteristics of the Hudson River School A new art for a new land. • Paint grand, scenic vistas. • Humans are an insignificant [even non-existent] part of the picture. • Experiment with affects of light on waterand sky. • Symbol of the school  a broken tree stump

  4. Issues/Themes Addressed by the Antebellum Artists • Transcendentalist thinking. • Westward expansion. • American nationalism --> What is America?* Creation of a national mythology • Racism and Native Americans. • Concern for political extremism. • The price paid for progress and the advances of civilization.

  5. In Nature’s WonderlandThomas Doughty, 1835

  6. Kindred Spirits – Asher Durand, 1849

  7. Watercolors by John Audubon Stanley Hawk Barred Owl

  8. Boston Harbor from Constitution WharfRobert Salmon, 1833

  9. Fur Trappers Descending the MissouriGeorge Caleb Bingham, 1845

  10. Patriotic Art

  11. The Landing of the PilgrimsUnknown Artist, 1830s

  12. Washington Crossing the DelawareEmmanuel Gottlieb Leutze,1851

  13. George Washington Horatio Greenough, 1841 The “New Cincinnatus”?

  14. Our Banner in the Sky - Frederic Church, 1861

  15. The“Frontier”Artists

  16. Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees - Charles Bird King, 1821 1. The “Noble Savage” Image

  17. Buffalo Bull’s Back Fat, Head Chief, Blood Tribe - George Caitlin, 1832 2. The “Stoic” Indian

  18. Mato-Tope – Karl Bodmer, 1830s 3. The “Demonic” Indian

  19. Osage Scalp DanceJohn Mix Stanley, 1845

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