Hudson River

John Rutherford wrote this article about the Erie Canal to the people of New York informing them of the recent concerns about who is in control of the canal, who can transport goods by the canal, and how the canal will operate. He uses examples and details telling New York that some Citizens of the Western States will not use the canal because they believe it will be to be trafficked by the big cities’ trade instead. This causing them to continue using other waterways including the Welland canal…

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…

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…

Church was a prominent figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters and his career revolved around painting landscapes. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, during the nineteenth century, and at the age of eighteen became the pupil of Thomas Cole in Catskill, New York, after…

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.…

ARCHITECTURAL STYLES OF HOMES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY There are five different styles of homes situated in the Hudson Valley currently available. Each provides a variety of benefits for the potential homebuyer. The Split Level home - Most of these were constructed in the 1950’s, and are distinguished by their resourceful use of space. The homeowner enters from the front door directly into the main living space – a living room, dining room, and kitchen. One staircase leads to the upstairs…

painted landscapes to his portfolio of work as an artist. After studying there for two years, Thomas Cole joined his family in New York City in 1825. This is where his work really started to take off. Two of his more well known pieces depicted the Hudson River and the Catskills. By displaying his work in a bookstore, Cole's pieces started getting noticed and sold. Thanks to William Dunlap spreading the news of the new talent in town, Cole's work became quite popular. The New York City culture…

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…

an oil on canvas painting of everything I have learned what realism art is suppose to look like. The painting was of a man on a horse looking down on a boy with a dog close behind them on a dirt trail. There were tall trees, large mountains, and a river that seemed to show how small the characters were in painting and how nature was that surrounded them. The painting was titled In the Catskills. The artist of the painting was Asher B. Durand. Durand lived from 1796-1886; he painted In the…

The definition of a character that is masterless in Shakespeare’s Richard III is someone who lacks a role of the great chain of power descending from God. By this definition, power, then, must fall from God. Therefore, anyone who believes power flows from man is automatically masterless. Using this argument, Richard is masterless from his opening soliloquy to his death. This fact also helps justify Richmond claim to the throne. Richmond becoming king restores the great chain. This is also…