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Thomas Cole. The Oxbow. 1840
-storm passed
-studied with Daughty who painted from his imagination
-passionate about nature |
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| Asher B. Durand. Kindred Spirits, 1850 -hudson river school -Cole dies in 1848 -Durand is next leader -painted this in memorial to Cole -Don't mess with God's creation |
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Frederic Edwin Church. Niagra. 1860
-Cole takes him as pupil
-Sublime: overwhelming, awed
-no deeper meaning
-truly American |
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Frederic Edwin Church. Heart of the Andes. 1860
-Huge
-more narrative
-puts together several different nature features
-made to look like window
-cross with little people, christians in harmony with land |
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Robert Scott Duncanson. Blue Hole, Little Miami River, 1850
-African American, had one white parent
-loves Cole's paintings
-Romantic, calm, stormy
-good reflection, accurate leaves |
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Albert Bierstadt. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. 1860
-Surveyed Nebraska
-slight romantic, smoky quality
-showed Indians
-painting went on tour and people couldn't believe it was real
-encouraged them to go out and travel there |
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John Froelich. The Adoption of the Constitution. 1940
-earthy, subdued
-individual portraits
-hangs in prominent spot |
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Howard Chandler Christy. The Signing of the Constitution of the United States. 1940
-20x30 ft
-known for his illustration
-no one had any place to put it
-people hated it
-in staircase of capital |
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Fitz Hugh Lane. Boston Harbor at Sunset. 1850
-luminism, uniquely american light, God's glory
-very precise, intense reflection on water
-socialist principles
-celebrates Boston seafaring history
-new steamboats are in back, masts in front
-unitarianism, rejects one single religion |
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Martin Johnson Heade. Thunderstorm on Narragansett Bay. 1870
-fleeting beauty, small birds, people, boats |
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George Inness. Sunny Autumn Day. 1890
-related to Hudson River School
-introduced to swedish philosopher, Swedenborg
-suggests metaphysical reality
-profound spiritual meaning in landscape
-discussed philosophy in the Doctrine of Correspondence |
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