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1 Cultural Trends of the 1800s Fine Arts: Increase in an educated population Improved financial ability allowed the citizens of the USA to purchase & participate in this

2 Excerpt from Civil Disobedience “That government is best which governs not at all…Witness the present Mexican War, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.” —Henry David Thoreau Questions to answer on the back of yesterday’s notes (#64): 1. Paraphrase this quote using words from today. 2. Do you agree with this quote or not? Explain why or why not? 3. What is civil disobedience?

3 http://all-free-download.com/free- vector/vector-clip- art/book_01_clip_art_19678.html

4 American storytellers Washington Irving: author of Rip Van Winkle & Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1 st American writer to enjoy fame in Europe as well as in the U.S. James Fenimore Cooper: wrote The Last of the Mohicans & The Deerslayer Edgar Allen Poe: mystery author, “The Raven” Washington Irving J. F. Cooper http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/James_Fenimore_Cooper_by_Jarv is.jpg/495px-James_Fenimore_Cooper_by_Jarvis.jpg http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/20800/20838/washtnirving_20838_lg.gif

5 American Storytellers continued Herman Melville: wrote Moby Dick in 1851 William Wells Brown: published Clotel & The Escape, or A Leap for Freedom (play), nation’s 1 st published black novelist & playwright Nathaniel Hawthorne: author of The Scarlet Letter Mark Twain: wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Nathaniel Hawthorne http://www.wpclipart.com/American_History/Historic_fi gures/historic_figures_3/Nathaniel_Hawthorne.png http://shs.umsystem.edu/outreach/ mohip/images/leap_poster_lg.jpg

6 Poetic voices Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: favorite poet of Americans in mid-1800s, wrote “Paul Revere’s Ride” Walt Whitman: published Leaves of Grass Emily Dickinson: published 7 poems while alive, wrote 1,700 “discovered” after her death Whitman http://www.uiowa.edu/~c008055/images/emily_dickinson.jpg Emily Dickinson http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/images/SC DPbooks/whitman.jpg

7 Transcendentalism American literary, political and philosophical movement in the early 19 th century Examples: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau Critics of their contemporary society for its unthinking conformity Urged each individual to find their independent relation to the universe, particularly using solitude in nature

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9 Art: American landscapes George Catlin: traveled to the Far West, recorded the daily life of Indians through paintings http://americanart.si.edu/images/1985/1985.66.409_1b.jpg http://americanart.si.edu/images/1985/1985.66.149_1b.jpg

10 American landscapes cont. Hudson River School 1. Painted landscapes 2. Paintings reflect 3 themes of America in the 19 th century: discovery, exploration & settlement 3. Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand Kindred Spirits by Durand The Oxbow by Cole Both: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/hudson.html

11 American landscapes cont. Albert Bierstadt – River Landscape

12 John James Audubon Subjects: American wildlife, particularly birds http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/john-james- audubon/drawn-from-nature/106/

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14 Music Slave spirituals & gospel music “Battle Hymn of the Republic” 1. Written at the beginning of the Civil War 2. Used music from abolitionists song “John Brown’s Body” 3. Became popular Civil War song of the Union Army 4. Written by Julia Ward Howe “Dixie” – Lyrics by Daniel Decateur Emmett http://www.mcgath.com/freesongs. htmlhttp://www.mcgath.com/freesongs. html --Lyrics http://www.juliawardhowe.org/ http://www.usafband.af.mil/ense mbles/BandEnsSongs.asp?ensem ble=63http://www.usafband.af.mil/ense mbles/BandEnsSongs.asp?ensem ble=63 –Sound Recoding from the US Air Force Band

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