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Nationalism Within Cultural Arts

Nationalism Within Cultural Arts. Hannah Morton, Randy Adams, Peter Hayes, Sydney Carpenter. Art. Hudson River School Belief that nature & wilderness was above civilization America was better untouched and uncorrupted by European civilization

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Nationalism Within Cultural Arts

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  1. Nationalism Within Cultural Arts Hannah Morton, Randy Adams, Peter Hayes, Sydney Carpenter

  2. Art • Hudson River School • Belief that nature & wilderness was above civilization • America was better untouched and uncorrupted by European civilization • Landscape was ‘American’ art, nothing like Europe Thomas Cole

  3. Rocky Mountain School • Much like the Hudson River School • Naturalistic views • Thomas Moran’s vision of the west was critical to the creation of Yellowstone National Park • Moran’s artwork of landscape and terrain was presented to congress and helped them to establish the National Park System in 1916 Albert Beirstadt Thomas Moran

  4. Genre Artists • These artists painted everyday American life • The depictions glorified even the most average daily tasks William Sidney Mount

  5. Architecture • Jefferson believed that classical revival was a more appropriate style for American building • Buildings in Greece are comparable to the classical revival structures • A democracy like Greece’s was what Jefferson was aiming for • Georgian style reflected Europe too much

  6. Monticello University of Virginia Virginia State Capitol Building

  7. Literature • Ralph Waldo Emerson • “The American Scholar Address” • Took practical ideals of self-improvement & virtue and made them more personal • Encouraged the people to look inward • Self pride national pride • Turn to nature as a resource that could energize nation politically and elevate it morally • Transcendental ideas • Unify nature, soul, & God • Self reliance • Efforts on behalf of the individual are necessary • Led to important ideas about social reforms that would make America a more inclusive and equal society

  8. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” • Written in a tough time prior to the Civil War • Give the determination and courage of past Americans to the present and future Americans • Gives everyone a good hero to root for • Promotes nationalism by exhibiting the courage of a past American • Brings feelings of unification because everyone knows the story of Paul Revere • Nathaniel Hawthorne • “Grandfather’s Chair” • Describes the history of the United States as a colony, as a revolutionary state, as a republic • Promotes nationalism by describing the achievements of the US from the viewpoint of an American that had seen it all

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