American Culture
Chandler Eury, Makayla Bradway, and John Rawkoski
Hudson River School of Art
19th Century American Art Movement
Art and paintings depict the American landscape as a pastoral setting where humans and nature coexist peacefully
Paints often reflected 3 themes discovery, exploration, and settlement
Painters that emerged about 1850 under the influence of the English émigré Thomas Cole (1801–1848) and flourished until about the time of the Centennial
"founder" of the school, though he himself played no special organizational or fostering role except that he was the teacher of Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900)
Washington Ervin (Irving)
American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century
He wrote biographies on George Washington, Muhammad, and Oliver Goldsmith
Irving and James Fennimore Cooper, was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving encouraged American authors such as Edgar Allen Poe
He argued for stronger laws to protect authors
James Fennimore Cooper
Attacked by newspapers as a false aristocrat poisoned by European influences
Writer
Stayed in Europe for 7 years
His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique from of American literature
Noah Webster
Some of his books taught many American children how to read and write
Teacher
He rejected many of the school systems ways (greek and latin) and finished teaching English grammar