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The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State

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Description: The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
TitleThe Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39 1/4 × 63 1/4 in.
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https:/­/­emuseum.nyhistory.org/­objects/­56323/­the-course-of-empire-the-arcadian-or-pastoral-state
Accession number1858.2
SubjectsArchitecture in artPastoral artHudson River school of landscape paintingGeology in artArcadianismLandscape painting, American--19th century
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3. Sleepy Hollow: A Young Nation in Repose
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Description: Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition
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There is no such “right of property” possible in a republic. . . . To fence out a genial eye from any corner of the earth which Nature has lovingly touched with that pencil which never repeats itself—to shut up a glen or a waterfall for one man’s exclusive knowing and enjoying—to lock up trees and glades, shady paths and haunts...
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PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2013 by Aaron Sachs
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~IN THE COLLECTION of the Bronck Museum in Coxsackie, New York, is a battered wooden box the size and shape of a briefcase. It contains Thomas Cole’s (1801–1848) mineral collection (fig. 5), one of the many bits of evidence we have of his interest in geology. Measuring about twenty by eighteen inches, the box holds...
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Copyright© 2001 Princeton University Press
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3. Reading the Campagna: “Silence Made Visible”
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Description: America’s Rome: Volume I—Classical Rome
America’s Rome: Volume I—Classical Rome
In the spring of 1833 America’s first “foreign correspondent” stood on the “lofty turrets” of the Tomb of Cecilia Metella and saw before him the original of “one of the finest landscapes ever painted” ...
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William L. Vance
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1989 by Yale University
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Chapter subject tags:Campagna di Roma (Italy)ArcadianismCole, Thomas, 1801-1848Landscape painting, American--19th centuryAmerican literature--19th centuryInness, George, 1825-1894James, Henry, 1843-1916Rome (Italy)--In literature

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Description: Dream of Arcadia
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Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1838
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions38 1/4 × 63 in. (98.1 × 159.4 cm)
LocationDenver Art Museum
https://denverartmuseum.org/object/1954.71
Accession number1954.71
Dream of Arcadia
Dream of Arcadia
Description: The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, detail
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1834
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51.25 × 76 in. (103.2 × 193 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/56323/the-course-of-empire-the-arcadian-or-pastoral-state
Accession number1858.2
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or...
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Description: A View from the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains
A View from the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1839
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions40 × 61.5 in. (101.6 × 156.2 cm)
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50727.html
Accession number1967.8.1
A View from the Mountain Pass Called the...
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Description: The Course of Empire: Desolation
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39.25 × 63 in. (99.7 × 160 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/21572/the-course-of-empire-desolation
Accession number1858.5
The Course of Empire: Desolation
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Description: The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
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Jan 31
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1829
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions35 3/4 × 47 5/8 in. (90.8 × 121.4 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=5080
Accession number1983.4(0)
The Subsiding of the Waters of the...
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Description: Landscape with Dead Tree
Landscape with Dead Tree
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1827–1828
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 1/2 × 32 1/2 in.
LocationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School on Design, Providence, Rhode Island
http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/812_landscape_landscape_with_tree_trunks
Accession number30.063
Landscape with Dead Tree
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Description: Lake George
Lake George
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 25
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1869
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions44 1/8 × 66 3/8 in.
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11311
Accession number15.30.61
Lake George
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Description: The Heart of the Andes
The Heart of the Andes
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions66 1/8 × 119 1/4 in. (168 × 302.9 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10481
Accession number1909, 09.95
The Heart of the Andes
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Description: Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 31
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1862
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions48 × 85 in. (121.9 × 215.9 cm)
LocationDetroit Institute of Arts
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/cotopaxi-37907
Accession number76.89
Cotopaxi
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Description: In Arcadia
In Arcadia
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 30
Creator nameHarrison, Alexander
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1886
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions77 1/2 x 114 1/4 in.
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/en-arcadie-20411
In Arcadia
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Description: View of the Round-Top in the Catskill Mountains (Sunny Morning on the Hudson River)
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 18
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1827
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions18 5/8 x 25 3/8 in. (47.31 x 64.45 cm)
LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/view-of-the-round-top-in-the-catskill-mountains-33072
Accession number47.12
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameMoran, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1872
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas mounted on aluminum
Dimensions84 × 144 1/4 in. (213 × 366.3 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. [Lent by the Department of the Interior Museum, Washington, D.C.]
Accession numberL.1968.84.1
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Description: View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The...
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Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10497
Accession number08.228
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton,...
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Description: The Course of Empire: Consummation
The Course of Empire: Consummation
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 20
Creator nameCole, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1835–1836
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions51 × 76 in.
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/54911/the-course-of-empire-the-consummation-of-empire
Accession number1858.3
The Course of Empire: Consummation
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Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1850–1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions16.94 × 24 in. (43 × 61 cm)
LocationPennsylvannia Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
https://www.pafa.org/collection/landscape-creek-and-rocks
Accession number1915.9
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameDurand, Asher
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1858
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions24 × 17.5 in. (61 × 44.5 cm)
LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/3263
Accession number1929.152
The Sycamore, Kaaterskill Clove
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameDurand, Asher
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1850
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions39.5 × 61 in. (100.3 × 154.9 cm)
LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10793
Accession number11.156
Landscape Scene from "Thanatopsis"
Landscape Scene from "Thanatopsis
Description: Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees in the Catskills, New York
Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees in the Catskills, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameDurand, Asher
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1856
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions21.5 × 17 in. (54.6 × 43.2 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/6397/study-from-nature-rocks-and-trees-in-the-catskills-new-yor
Accession number1907.20
Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees in...
Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees in the Catskills, New York
Description: Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees
Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameDurand, Asher
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1856
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 × 21.5 in. (43.2 × 54.6 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/21798/study-from-nature-rocks-and-trees
Accession number1907.26
Study from Nature: Rocks and Trees
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Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameDurand, Asher
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions16.5 × 24 in. (41.9 × 61 cm)
LocationMuseum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Rocky Cliff
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Description: The Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameChurch, Frederic Edwin
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions28 × 23 in. (71.1 × 58.4 cm)
LocationBayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
Description: The Chasm of the Colorado
The Chasm of the Colorado
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameMoran, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873–1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions85 × 144 in. (213.4 × 365.8 cm)
LocationSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Accession numberL.1968.84.2
The Chasm of the Colorado
The Chasm of the Colorado
Description: The Mountain of the Holy Cross
The Mountain of the Holy Cross
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameMoran, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions82.125 × 64.25 in. (208.6 × 163.2 cm)
LocationAutry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles
The Mountain of the Holy Cross
The Mountain of the Holy Cross
Description: The Mountain of the Holy Cross, detail
The Mountain of the Holy Cross, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameMoran, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions82.125 × 64.25 in. (208.6 × 163.2 cm)
LocationAutry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles
The Mountain of the Holy Cross, detail
Detail of The Mountain of the Holy Cross
Description: View from Cozzens' Hotel near West Point, New York
View from Cozzens' Hotel near West Point, New York
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20 × 34 in. (50.8 × 86.4 cm)
LocationNew-York Historical Society
https://emuseum.nyhistory.org/objects/41087/view-from-cozzens-hotel-near-west-point-new-york
Accession numberS-189
View from Cozzens' Hotel near West...
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Scene with Figures (Beverly Shore)
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1869
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions36.25 × 60.25 in. (92 × 153 cm)
LocationWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Accession number1942.345
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Scene with Figures (Beverly Shore)
Description: Upper Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1855
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions18.375 × 30.25 in. (46.7 × 76.9 cm)
LocationThe Saint Louis Art Museum
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/38080/
Accession number22:1950
Upper Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Description: The Fawn's Leap
The Fawn's Leap
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1859
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30.25 × 25.25 in. (76.8 × 64.1 cm)
LocationMead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=all&f=&s=kensett&record=2
Accession numberAC 1975.101
The Fawn's Leap
The Fawn's Leap
Description: Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1851–1852
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 × 24.5 in. (43.1 × 62.2 cm)
LocationMead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=ext&f=&s=&record=0&maker=kensett&op-earliest_year=%3E%3D&op-latest_year=%3C%3D
Accession numberAC 1958.49
Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
Description: Forty Steps, Newport, Rhode Island
Forty Steps, Newport, Rhode Island
Posted by:John Carlson
May 07
Creator nameKensett, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions20.125 × 36 in. (51.1 × 91.4 cm)
Forty Steps, Newport, Rhode Island
Forty Steps, Newport, Rhode Island

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