Natural landscape

Focusing on landscape architecture, this essay will defend the presence of history in contemporary thought and promote an active and critical engagement with the antecedents of design. It will be argued that the study of design history provides valuable self-reflection and a broader understanding of the context designers operate within, offers the ability to respond in an informed and sensitive manner to…

The Mango House- “Form follows Function” The Mango house is the physical manifestation of a quest to connect with the natural environment. The house is a reflection of the architect's creative sensibilities; its essence being simplicity in thought and expression - taking shape through the form, its spaces and building materials. The site has been defined by the coordinates of several existing majestic mango trees. Hence, the ‘function’ is the conservation of these 100-odd-year-old inhabitants;…

Central Park was not always a place for people of all ages and social statues to enjoy a time of leisure. It was the foundation Vaux and Olmsted set with their park in their creation of a natural looking landscape, integration of architecture into the landscape and picturesque theory, and the enlightenment ideas they incorporated that helped Central Park become one of the first true public parks. After the parks construction the people started to shape and build the park into what it is today.…

In the year 1836, artist Thomas Cole created his masterpiece, “The Oxbow” with oil on canvas. His painting is one of many that showcase the transition in American Art History to one that idealized American Romanticism. Up until just a few years before this piece was painted, Americans sought to be like Europe and focused their art on Ancient Ruins and ladies with perfect faces. During this time America was so new and fresh yet settlers just burned and plowed through all vegetation. But they…

from Lancashire and settled in New York 1832. He is known for his famous American inspired landscape paintings and is considered the founder of the Hudson River School. He died on February 11th, 1848 in Europe. In 1835-1840 Cole painted a series known as “The Course of Empire” which showed…

finds to be satisfactory. The Artist’s method for creating his pieces first consists of pencil sketches and watercolor; Once solidifying the idea, he moves to the canvas, allowing the spectators to sense that the picture holds more depth than the natural eye can perceive. One of Wyeth’s various skills is his ability to remove unnecessary details while still maintaining the general theme of the piece. Highlighting this point, he stated that, “[he] could even have removed Christina… and still,…

They believed that the urbanization of the land they held so dear was a bad thing and wanted to preserve the beauty of the American wilderness. They expressed this political position by painting idealized landscapes. Visions of how they believed the world should look like - the state of things they thought was best. Society and art have changed a lot since the mid 19th century but art that subverts the times by presenting how the artist thinks things should…

for painting landscapes, the group belonged to many of the same clubs and in 1858 many of them worked at the Studio Building on West 10th Street, the first building in New York City to be built primarily as a workplace for artists. Thomas Cole, considered to be the founder of the movement, was born in England in 1801 and emigrated to the United States in 1818. In 1825 he moved to New York City and traveled up the Hudson River to the Catskill Mountains where he painted several landscapes.…

Thomas Cole was an influential American Romantic landscape painter and founder of the Hudson River School. While he was born in England in 1801, his family moved to America while he was in his teens (2016). He then became a wood engraver and then joined his father’s wallpaper business. Shortly after leaving the family business for the second time to pursue painting his work began to attract attention (Avery, 2009). Three of his landscapes were noticed by artists Colonel John Trumbull, Asher B.…

In Martha Ward’s essay Impressionist Installations and Private Exhibitions, Ward explores the ways in which the location of exhibitions and the way that they were organized impacted painting in late nineteenth-century Paris. With the art market flourishing and governmental policies encouraging independence, it was wise for artists such as the Impressionists to branch out and showcase their works in diverse ways. Throughout her essay, Ward stresses the varying “social and aesthetic distinctions…