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1 Early American Art & Literature Romanticism, Realism & Naturalism

2 Romanticism zProfound Love of Nature zIndividualism zFascination with Gothic & Supernatural zYearning for Picturesque & Exotic zDeep Rooted Idealism zPassionate Nationalism

3 American Literary Romantics zEdgar Allen Poe – Gothic/Mystery yAnnabelle Lee, The Raven zJames Fenimore Cooper – Frontier/Sea yLeather Stocking Tales – Last of the Mohicans zWashington Irving – Dutch along Hudson yRip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow

4 American Literary Renaissance z1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter z1851 Herman Melville, Moby-Dick z1853 Emerson, Representative Men z1854 Thoreau, Walden z1855 Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

5 ccaptured undiluted power of nature  Painted nation’s most spectacular and undeveloped areas  Nature was source of wisdom & fulfillment. CCreated visual embodiments of ideals of Transcendentalism. * painting is vehicle to reach the mind of mankind * art is agent of moral & spiritual transformation The Hudson River School

6 Members of Hudson River School zThomas Cole-founder zAsher B. Durand zGeorge Inness zThomas Chambers

7 In the Catskills By Thomas Cole

8 The Ox Bow By Thomas Cole

9 Fanciful Landscape by Thomas Doughty

10 The Course of Empire: The Savage State Thomas Cole, 1834

11 A River Glimpse By Thomas Doughty

12 The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or The Pastoral State - Thomas Cole, 1836

13 The Course of Empire: Consummation Thomas Cole, 1836

14 The Course of Empire: Destruction Thomas Cole, 1836

15 The Course of Empire: Desolation Thomas Cole, 1836

16 Kindred Spirits – Asher Durand, 1849

17 In Nature’s Wonderland Thomas Doughty, 1835

18 Forest in the Morning Light by Asher Durand

19 Stranded Ship By Asher Durand

20 Rising Storm by George Inness

21 Niagara – Frederic Church, 1857

22 Cotopaxi By Fredric Church

23 New York Harbor By Fitz Henry Lane

24 Boston Harbor from Constitution Wharf Robert Salmon, 1833

25 The Constitution in Boston Harbor Fitz Hugh Lane, 1848-49

26 Fur Trappers Descending the Missouri George Caleb Bingham, 1845

27 Early Naturalists zJohn James Audubon yAudubon Society zJohn Woodhouse Audubon

28 Bald Headed Eagle by John James Audubon

29 Wild Turkey By John James Audubon

30 Blue Yellow Back Warbler By John James Audubon

31 White Gerfalcons By John James Audubon

32 George Catlin zAmerican Painter & Writer yMy Life Among the Indians yManners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians

33 Bird of Thunder by George Catlin

34 Black Hawk by George Catlin

35 Buffalo Chase With Bows & Lances By George Catlin

36 Comanche Lancing Osage By George Catlin

37 Mouth of the Platte River By George Catlin

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

39 Impact of Romanticism zBeginning of Environmentalism z Respect for Native Americans zNationalism zGrowth of Respect for American Culture

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