Hudson River School

Thomas Cole who was considered a renowned painter and father of the Hudson River School of art wrote “American Scenery.” Within this piece he expressed his overall feelings about America and the importance of the sublime nature that surrounds us. Although his paintings could relay a story within themselves, Cole felt the need to further educate those who would listen. Through his work and one of his many paintings titled “The Oxbow” Cole expresses his view on having a deeper consideration for…

Christian romanticism has a significant influence on Hudson River artists, whose foundation can be traced back to the fundamental cohesion between humankind, nature and god based on Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and his student Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). Agreeing that nature was thought to be indicative of divinity, “the paintings of Cole are of that nature that it hardly transcends the proper use of language to call them acts of religion,” wrote William Cullen Bryant. Cropsey shared a…

There are two major canal system in Ohio, the Miami and Erie Canal and the Ohio and Erie Canal. Both canals start at Lake Erie and go south to the Ohio river. Work began on these canals in 1825. The Ohio and Erie canal’s construction, in the eastern part of Ohio, finished in 1833, but it would take the state and it workers another twelve years to finish the Miami and Erie canal, to the west. The canals faced many challenges after completion. They would often flood damaging the walls, locks, and…

The Erie Canal was known as the gateway to the West. It was wildly popular; people came from near and far to travel along its 363 mile long route. The canal had a major impact on the nation’s economy in the 1800s. Towns emerged in the area and businesses blossomed. It was a huge success and many people began to rely on it. The Erie Canal increased the nation’s economy, brought people together, and promoted nationalism through trade and expansion. The Erie Canal joined people and product together…

Do you know how the Erie Canal affected the area surrounding it. The Erie Canal began in 1817 and opened entirely in 1825, the Erie Canal is considered the engineering marvel of the 19th century. How did the Erie Canal change the US? The Erie Canal affected the US by providing better trade to the middle of the US and Great Lakes. Also the Erie Canal provided more, safer trade routes. Another thing the Erie Canal helped was the population, and with more population comes more money and with. More…

After his book was published, Osborne was appointed Warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, on December 1, 1914, replacing Judge George S. Weed. Sing Sing was built on the east bank of the Hudson River, approximately 30 miles north of NYC. The original cell block was built by prisoners from Auburn Prison in 1825. Although Osborne had tried to change the worst conditions in New York state prisons while he was the chair of the governor’s commission, still when he arrived at Sing Sing it…

Air controllers tried to divert the US Airways plane back to La Guardia or a nearby airport in New Jersey. Captain Chesley "Sully'' Sullenberger decided he did could not safely land the plane in either of the airports, and glided the plane into the Hudson. As water got in the drifting plane, the passengers walked out of the doors to stand on the wings or the partially submerged slides. A few swam away from the plane fearing an explosion. The temperature was 21 degrees Fahrenheit. Soon New York…

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symbolizes the life of the land that the Americans were finally beginning to be aware of and take pride in. Finally, when studying the painting many viewers will recognize that Cole used dark ominous colors in the sky and in the hills behind the river. These dark colors represent the vast lack of knowledge during this time period. Many Americans did not know what their next day would look like; Yet they were able to find God in everything and through religion find their…

Lois Green Carr, Russell R. Menard, and Lorena S. Walsh’s Robert Cole’s World: Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland, provides an in-depth study of the plantation established by Robert Cole, his family as well as his servants in seventeenth century Maryland. Cole and his family were English Catholics that had relocated from England to the New World because of the system of agriculture the Chesapeake was capable of producing. The Cole plantation account provides readers with an understanding…