A Hudson River School artist looks north
Seeing America – Theme: Geography and Environment
There is no open road here.
Cars, highways, and isolation in Postwar America
The awesome beauty of a large hole in the earth, dug to bring railroads to Manhattan.
Before Penn Station, Bellows & old NYC
A Shinnecock artist's view
Endangered coastlines and lifeways
How maps can change our minds.
Teaching guide
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, State Names
The painting that inspired a National Park
Teaching guide
Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of the ...
Top American bucket list destination in 1821
Clean water for a young Philadelphia
Painting, photography, and the railroad come together to preserve a topography unique in the world
The painting that inspired a National Park
The river's brilliant reflections gave shape to this enormous sculpture in silver
Mapping nature’s stunning beauty
The majesty of Yosemite National Park — with Roger Minick and the woman with the scarf.
Inspiration at Yosemite
Building the American dream in the California desert.
Framing the American Dream
Native American artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith offers a history to inform our present
Reading the United “States”
Business or pleasure? Watkins could photograph both beautifully.
Business, art, and the American West
The sensations of the streets of New York City
Celebrating the modern city
Think you procrastinate? Wright blew this project off for 9 months, then designed his most famous house in 2 hours.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
Captured here in paint, this grand Californian landscape would soon disappear under water.
The battle for National Parks
Explore the role of geography and both the natural and human-made
environments on social and political developments.
Geography and the environment
A viewing station for sunrise and sunset, Turrell’s work manipulates light, time, and perception.
Light, time, and transcendence
Drought and rain govern when this work of art in Utah’s Great Salt Lake can be seen.
Entropy and environment at Spiral Jetty
The Yup’ik peoples, in one of the world’s coldest climates, made these ceremonial masks during the long winters.