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Keith's Magical Art History Cards pt 4
American Art and Architecture
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
10/04/2012

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America, from The Four Continents
Unknown, 1800
Wears clothing similar to those of ancient Greek Women
Wears liberty pole and cap, representing the American Revolution and the French Revolution
Feathers in cap and cowering native American represent dominance over Indians

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The Murder of Jane McCrea
John Vanderlyn, 1850
Represents Native Americans as actors along the line of westward expansion.
Native American poses and bodies reference antiquity sculptures
Symbolized colonial women of the new nation

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The Artist in His Museum
Charles Wilson Peale, 1820
Peale pulls back the curtain showing American species that he had excavated.
Inspired by nature
Presents a combination of science and art, imbued with nationalist sentiment.  

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Asher B. Durand

Kindred Spirits 1850

Represents manifest destiny

American artist meeting in the wilderness

Vast mountains in the distance capture Americas grandure 


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Thomas Cole:
Distant View Of Niagara Falls 1830

Perched on edge of water
Dark clouds with small patch of blue in corner and bright white spray
Dominant position in center 

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Thomas Cole:
The Falls of Kaaterskill, 1826
View below waterfall
Entangled in dense undergrowth of forest
Stormy clouds with small patch of blue sky ro right
Native American on rock in center
Evidence of the popularity of the site with toursist that might interfere with the sublime 

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