In the nineteenth century there were many events going on in America, there was expansion, many new religions came about, and of course there was the Civil War. Many have argued hat America was just an extension of Europe at the time, but the real culture of America was unique and always changing. To state that America was just an extension of the culture in Europe, neglects the fact that a relatively new nation was able to have views of its own and was strong enough to fight back against what they did not believe in and also establish a government that was for the people. America was and still is an innovator that is ahead of its time.
America during the nineteenth century was a tumultuous time, especially for the brave people who volunteered to go to an unknown wilderness and explore; with the common goal of finding new inhabitable land that they could work. The Louisiana Purchase granted almost 530 million acres of land to the American government after it was purchased from France. This might seem like a great achievement, which it was, but it required many people to go out and work …show more content…
In the United States there was this vast landscape that was just waiting to be explored and painted. A whole new view to the world could be expressed from the art done during the nineteenth century in America. Of course the interactions between the Native Americans and the new settlers led to some very important pieces of art. The Americans had never seen the Native people before so they were intrigued by their clothing and headwear. They painted picture of them that exuded power. On the other end of the spectrum, some American painted depicted the massacres that were inflicted on the Native Americans. One type of painting showed the power that the Americans saw in the Natives and on the other side it showed the deadly force and strength of the American