LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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paintings of nature scenes encouraged people to move west, away from overcrowded, polluted industrial cities.
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Paintings of the Hudson River Valley encouraged people to move east and contributed to urbanization.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The second generation of Hudson River School painters left the New York area to explore more far-flung regions of America. Their painting documented westward expansion and reinforced the concept of Manifest Destiny.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most obviously, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and the Hudson River School helped shape an emerging national identity. Viewed collectively, their work articulated America’s “coming of age, ” a nation in the process of discovering itself as distinct from Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Knickerbocker Group and the Hudson River school reflected the nationalism of 19th century America by creating an American identity in literature and art while the transcendentalists expressed nationalism by showing that Americans were eager to improve their country’s society.
Detailed explanation-4: -Thoreau and Emerson emphasized on the transcendentalist idea of human harmony with nature. They believed that nature can help us improve spiritually and help us connect to the rest of the world. According to Transcendental ideas, everything is connected, everything is one.