The Hudson River School Movement: Autumn Shower By Frederic Edwin Church

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The Hudson River school movement is a movement that depicts the landscape in the area. It uses the beauty of nature in the Hudson River Valley. The art fits 3 different themes discovery, exploration, and settlement. The art can feature the valleys, streams, and other environmental features. The paintings are highly detailed and contain a lot of contrast. All in all the paintings are a vivid detail of the surrounding environment. The painting shown above is called “Autumn Shower” by Frederic Edwin Church. It depicts a valley (presumably the Hudson River Valley). In this painting it is detailed and depicts the skyline, the hills in the background and the different trees. It contains a lot of contrast and vivid detail making it

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