Bibliograph

The Hudson River School, nature and the American vision, New-York Historical Society, Linda S. Ferber

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Label

The Hudson River School, nature and the American vision, New-York Historical Society, Linda S. Ferber

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Hudson River School

Oclc number

299708699

Responsibility statement

New-York Historical Society, Linda S. Ferber

Sub title

nature and the American vision

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- River views and rural retreats : New York, city on a river ; Up the river, New York harbor to the Erie Canal ; The Hudson on paper -- America's favorite river, on canvas -- The American Grand Tour : The Catskills ; Lake George and the Adirondack Mountains ; The White Mountains and New England ; Niagara Falls -- American artists afield : Artist explorers of the West ; The Arctic ; South America -- The Old World, Europe, and The course of empire : Dream of Arcadia, Americans in Italy ; Thomas Cole's The course of empire -- Epilogue : a brief history of the museum collection

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