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The Hudson River School

The Great American Landscape Painters. The Hudson River School. 1825-1870. Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees c. 1836 Oil on canvas 21 1/2 x 17 in. Asher B. Durand. Detail? Color? Focus? Lighting?. Mount Aetna from Taormina 1844 Oil on canvas 32 1/4 x 48 in. Thomas Cole. (1801-1848).

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The Hudson River School

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  1. The Great American Landscape Painters The Hudson River School 1825-1870

  2. Study from Nature: Rocks and Treesc. 1836Oil on canvas21 1/2 x 17 in Asher B. Durand Detail? Color? Focus? Lighting?

  3. Mount Aetna from Taormina1844Oil on canvas32 1/4 x 48 in Thomas Cole (1801-1848)

  4. The Oxbow

  5. Heart of the Andes1859Oil on canvas66 1/8 x 119 1/4 in. Frederick Edwin Church (1826-1900)

  6. Influence of Literature:A source of inspiration • Artists such as Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, and Frederick Church were inspired by American literature • Emily Dickenson • Walt Whitman

  7. Niagara , 1857. Oil on canvas, 41-1/2 x 90-1/2 inches. Why does Church choose to position the viewer at this point of view?

  8. The Icebergs1861Oil on canvas64 1/4 x 112 1/4 in Luminism (1850’s-1870’s) Depicting the sublime Church Clues ◙ Color ◙ Brush Stroke ◙ Subject ◙ Composition

  9. Frederick Church (American, 1826-1900) Cotopaxi, 1862 Oil on canvas, 48 x 85 inches “art is justified by what it does, rather than what it is.” -Michael J. Lewis American Sublime. New Criterion | September 1, 2002| Lewis, Michael J

  10. America During the 19th CenturyExpansion into the Frontier • Steam Engines (Trains) • Steamships • Industrial Growth • Increase in population • Deforestation • Plowed Land Farming/Agriculture ACTUALLY- after the commotion in Europe over the HRS artists, even MORE people began to visit the U.S. (not exactly in Cole’s plan)

  11. William TurnerRain, Steam and Speed

  12. Impressionism in the 19th century Claude Monet Soleil Levant (Impression Sunrise) 1872Oil on canvas • Color • Brush stroke • Subject • Composition

  13. Which is which? Asher B. Durand Thomas Cole http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/church/church_aurora_borealis.jpg.html

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