Hudson River School
Haruka Kawai
Background
Where is it located?
Actually this "school" is a way of thinking, so there isn't a building or a place where the painters studied. The Hudson River School is a way of appreciating the nature of the new country of America in the years following the Revolution. The artists wanted to emphasize the beauty of the Hudson River and other landscapes that were unique to America.
The subject matter of each painting is based on American nature.
Influences
The national pride comes from the appreciation of the wilderness.
Time period
Famous Artists
Frederick Edwin Church painted water falls and the area of the Hudson River, which is where the name comes from.
Asher B Durand was inspired by Cole.
Cole and Durand Believed that the American landscape was like the garden of Eden. The beauty of America was fresh and sacred to them.
Thomas Cole's painting
Fredrick Edwin Church's painting
Asher B Durand's painting
Works cited
Hanson, Thomas. "I Hear America Singing." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/hudson.html>.
Hudson River School: Nationalism and Romanticism." Hudson River School, Part 1. Virginia
Tech University, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.history.vt.edu/Barrow/Hist3144/readings/hudsonriver/>.