The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 80 - 82 Flashcards

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Turner: A Turn Towards Abstraction

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  • J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851)
  • rural scenes when you were an immediate hit with public and made him financial success
  • style gradually became more abstract
  • end of his life, before exhibiting his nearly abstract paintings, he painted in people and added titles
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American Romanticism

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  • two subjects, nature and the natural man
  • before 1825, Americans considered nature to be menacing
  • wilderness became a symbol of America’s unspoiled national character
  • Hudson River School was America’s first native school of painting
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Cole: Hudson River School Leader

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  • Thomas Cole (1801-48)
  • found of the Hudson River School of Romantic landscapes
  • work expressed the proud belief that America was a primeval paradise, a fresh start for humanity
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Artist-Explorers: Bierstadt and Church

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  • Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
  • Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
  • they were the Lewis and Clark of painting
  • Bierstadt specialized in sweeping view of thrilling natural wonders
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Bingham: Son of the Pioneers

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  • George Caleb Bingham (1811-79)
  • first important painter of the west
  • taught himself how to paint
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