Hudson River

Throughout American art, nature has played an important role in depicting a specific time and place in American history or serving as beautiful backdrops to showcase wealth and stature. Weather it is Jutus Engelhardt Kuhn’s portrait of Fig 3.4 Henry Darnall III or Benjamin West’s depicting Fig 4.23 The Death of General Wolfe, we are taken back to a specific time in our country’s history and as we move through time artist like John Vanderlyn’s portrayal of Fig 4.52 The Death of Jane McCrea he…

There is an implied diagonal line running through the center of the piece, that helps to show the split between land that is natural, and land that has been cultivated. The river runs as a curved line, which shows movement of water throughout the environment. There are horizontal and vertical lines running throughout the cut down land, which helps to symbolize that this area of the environment, has indeed been colonized by…

The Hudson Valley has a direct and significant impact on the economic progression of New York State. Statistics show that the Hudson Valley yields an unprecedented “$227 billion dollars” to assist the state’s economy (newyorktimes.com). This phenomenon is driven by the International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) providing numerous benefits due to its vast employment rates; thus both positively and negatively affecting local real estate and commercial markets in the Hudson Valley. The IBM…

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…

Henry Hudson was an English explorer, sea captain, and navigator during the late 15th century and early 16th century. He made four voyages as attempts to discover a northern route to go to Asia from Europe. Hudson’s route changed several times to avoid ice, bad weather, and shallow waters. He explored much of America and Canada. His exploration was very important in our history; some even say he founded New York. He made four voyages as attempts to discover a northern route to go to Asia from…

Born in the sixteenth century, Henry Hudson may have just delivered a great impact to the present. His voyages may have been disastrous, but overall, this explorer had great determinations. Attempting to reach his ambitions of finding a northern route to Asia, it seems that Hudson faced many obstacles in the way. However, all four of his voyages were enough to prove that Hudson was indeed worthy to be named after the “Hudson Bay.” Born in England at approximately September 12, 1570, Henry…

Minnesota, and even North Dakota. The American Cree are in the federally recognized Chippewa Cree tribe, you can find in on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. The limits going south for the Cree located in Montana. It stopped at the Missouri River and the Milk River. The Cree spreaded across the North America. It originally migrated from the Subartic region of Canada and to the Great Plains and the Northeast woodlands. The Cree are divided into eight different groups, depending on patois and…

boiling the fat to make oil, and using the oil as lamp oil, to create soap. The baleen part of the whale was used for umbrellas and female fashion. Although Giovanni da Verrazano discovered the greater northern river, it was later named the Hudson River as I was credited for making the river known to the Dutch. As soon as the Dutch found out, they colonized New Amsterdam. My work was able to drastically influence North…

bore on his shoulder a stout keg . . . Rip to approach him to assist him with the load." The author, Washington Irving wrote about the mystical characters because he would go to the boat pier and listen to the stories of the Dutch sailors. Hendrick Hudson was a Dutch explorer and the Devil appeared in Dutch…

happened 2 million years ago until 10,000 years ago. At this point, North America is at its normal position, north of the equator. The glacier that covered the Ice Age was the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Before the Ice Age, there was a valley called the Hudson Valley. During the Ice Age a glacier scraped through the rock, which gouged out 240 meters of rock. The sediments got removed from their previous location and deposited in a huge pile, a terminal moraine in Long Island. The sediments acted as a…