1. in the American Landscape
Romanticism
in the American Landscape
Albert Bierstadt Kern’s River Valley

2. Art History Timeline O Romanticism Mesopotamia Ancient Baroque
1400 A.D.
1600 A.D.
2016 A.D.
3500 B.C. O
850 B.C.
1600 A.D.
1780 A.D.
15,000 B.C.
500 B.C.
500 A.D.
3100 B.C.
Romanticism
Baroque
Mesopotamia
Ancient
Greece
Middle Ages
Cave Painting
Ancient
Rome
Rococo
Ancient
Egypt
The
Renaissance

3. What was Romanticism? An art movement that began in the year 1780
Not about “romance”
Artists wanted to escape the wickedness around them, so they showed the beauty and goodness of nature
American Romantic artists wanted to celebrate their new country, so they painted the beauty around them

4. What was the Oregon Trail?
Albert Bierstadt
Oregon Trail

5. If you were a farmer, why would you want to move here?
Thomas Cole The Oxbow

6. Would this painting make you want to move out west?
Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains

7. What colors are the clouds?
the water?
Albert Bierstadt Valley of the Yosemite

8. Pick a national park to draw
Your assignment:
Pick a national park to draw
Use oil pastels to match the colors in your photo