Romanticism in the United States took up themes of nature and spirituality in uniquely American ways.
c. 1800–1865 C.E.
Romanticism in the United States took up themes of nature and spirituality in uniquely American ways.
c. 1800–1865 C.E.
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Created as the Civil War was coming to an end but at a time when all Americans were not yet equal citizens, this painting invokes an idealized landscape, with references to both past and present.
The natural world and political metaphor, Church's Cotopaxi
Picturing Spanish conquest in an era of U.S. expansion
Daniel Boone, Moses, and the western frontier: creating an American mythology
Cole, the great American landscape painter looks across the vast history of Western architecture
Captured here in paint, this grand Californian landscape would soon disappear under water.
Cole feared for the American landscape as his country expanded westward.
“Luminism” sounds like a subject at Hogwarts, but it actually describes landscape paintings like this one.
Adam and Eve have just been evicted from Paradise, and the grass was definitely greener on the other side.
Can we call a landscape painting “emo”? This brooding, melancholy canvas definitely tempts us to.
Join us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
Starting from the views granted by the doors and windows of the bohío in ‘The Wake’, we will consider how Francisco Oller approached different features of the Puerto Rican landscape through Impressionism, his preferred style for representing the natural world. Landscape paintings of ceiba and palm trees, as well as representations of fruits like plantains and coconuts, will also allow us to explore themes of nationalism and cultural identity in 19th century Puerto Rico.
Join Dr. Tamara Calcaño and Dr. Maya Jimenez for this teaching webinar.