LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
REFORM MOVEMENTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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landscapes, rivers, countrysides
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factories, industry, machines
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shipbuilders of the northeast
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slavery in the south
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Detailed explanation-1: -Active for most of the 19th century, the Hudson River School celebrated the American wilderness in landscape paintings of American art. This loose movement depicted ordinary rivers, mountains, and forests, as well as major monuments like Niagara Falls and Yellowstone.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. The paintings typically depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and White Mountains.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Hudson River School paintings inspired a reverence for nature and influenced generations of artists, including Hudson River School elites like Frederic Edwin Church, Albert Bierstadt, Samuel Colman, and Jasper Cropsey.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Hudson River School directly influenced the style of landscape painting known as luminism, characterized by its contemplative treatment of light, water and atmosphere.