Nationalism Within Cultural Arts
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Nationalism Within Cultural
Arts
Hannah Morton, Randy Adams, Peter Hayes,
Sydney Carpenter
Art
Hudson River School
◦ Belief that nature & wilderness was above
civilization
America was better untouched and uncorrupted by
European civilization
Landscape was ‘American’ art, nothing like Europe
Thomas Cole
Rocky Mountain School
◦ Much like the Hudson River School
Naturalistic views
◦ Thomas Moran’s vision of the west was
critical to the creation of Yellowstone
National Park
Moran’s artwork of landscape and terrain was
presented to congress and helped them to establish
the National Park System in 1916
Albert Beirstadt
Thomas Moran
Genre Artists
◦ These artists painted everyday American life
The depictions glorified even the most average daily
tasks
William Sidney Mount
Architecture
Jefferson believed that classical revival was
a more appropriate style for American
building
◦ Buildings in Greece are comparable to the
classical revival structures
A democracy like Greece’s was what Jefferson was
aiming for
◦ Georgian style reflected Europe too much
Monticello
University of Virginia
Virginia State Capitol Building
Literature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
◦ “The American Scholar Address”
Took practical ideals of self-improvement & virtue
and made them more personal
Encouraged the people to look inward
Self pride
national pride
Turn to nature as a resource that could energize
nation politically and elevate it morally
Transcendental ideas
Unify nature, soul, & God
Self reliance
Efforts on behalf of the individual are necessary
Led to important ideas about social reforms that would
make America a more inclusive and equal society
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
◦ “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”
Written in a tough time prior to the Civil War
Give the determination and courage of past
Americans to the present and future Americans
Gives everyone a good hero to root for
Promotes nationalism by exhibiting the courage of a
past American
Brings feelings of unification because everyone knows the
story of Paul Revere
Nathaniel Hawthorne
◦ “Grandfather’s Chair”
Describes the history of the United States as a
colony, as a revolutionary state, as a republic
Promotes nationalism by describing the achievements of the
US from the viewpoint of an American that had seen it all