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1. An Age of Reform Mr. Fulks US History

2. Part 2: Literature and Arts

3. An American Literature Artists and writers helped create a new identity separate from Americans European past Early 1800s Literature Works of Historic and Contemporary conflicts and individualism Rip Van Winkle The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Last of the Mohicans Paul Revere’s Ride – Poem The Scarlet Letter Love, guilt, revenge, and judgement Moby Dick Allegory for Americans’ obsession with wealth and westward expansion Poems Changed from “flowery, sentimental” poetry to “honest” writing about beliefs and experiences

4. The Transcendentalists Transcendentalism T ranscending (rising above) the expectations society Path to spirituality = following one’s heart AND taking inspiration from nature, art, and literature Movement began in a New England Church E mbrace feelings rather than texts/sermons Led to the support of other reforms Barriers to Transcendentalism Organized religion, restrictive laws and social institutions, and industrialization

5. The Transcendentalists Transcendentalism Utopian Communities Ideal/perfect Goal: Gather believers together to live in a way that was as close to ideal as possible Self-sustaining Most disbanded

6. The Transcendentalists Transcendentalism Leaders Ralph Waldo Emerson Incorporated Romanticism Emphasized imagination, emotion, and action Nature – Book Experiencing nature, leads one to grasp the divine, spiritual, or mythical aspects of life “Action, risk, and endeavor” = a true American scholar

7. The Transcendentalists Transcendentalism Leaders Henry David Thoreau Best-known Walden: Life in the Woods Describes time living alone in harmony with nature in a cabin Civil Disobedience The purposeful breaking of a law that contradicts one’s conscience Louisa May Alcott Novels about family relationships and growing up as a female in 1800s Daughter of Transcendentalist leader, Bronson Alcott Famous for novel, Little Women

8. Painters of Nature Ideas of Transcendentalism and Romanticism influenced visual artists Increased paintings of the American landscape

9. Assignment Look at the paintings on the next slides. Information about the art is in the notes section. Pick one that you like and answer the following questions: What stuck out to you about this painting? What does the painting depict? Is the work a good example of early 19 th century art? Why does it belong in this chapter?

10. Our Banner in the Sky

11. The Oxbow

12. In Nature’s Wonderland

13. Passing Storm in Yosemite

14. Kindred Spirits

15. Blood Family Homestead

16. A Mountain of Loadstone

17. The Rainbow