M9,L3, American Culture

perhaps the best known of the new American writers

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• Washington Irving

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Thomas Cole

• George Caleb Bingham

a landscape painter who was a founder of the Hudson River school

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• Washington Irving

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Thomas Cole

• George Caleb Bingham

an artist whose paintings showed both the American landscape and scenes from people’s daily lives

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• Washington Irving

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Thomas Cole

• George Caleb Bingham

one of the first American writers to gain international fame

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• Washington Irving

• James Fenimore Cooper

• Thomas Cole

• George Caleb Bingham

a group of artists whose paintings reflected national pride and an appreciation of the American landscape

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• Hudson River School

• American School of Artist

• Washington School of Artistry

What was the importance of James Fenimore Cooper?

(pg 315 1st paragraph)

• He incorporated European topics into his short horror stories and poems.

• He was the best known in a group of early American writers whose stories focused entirely on American subjects

• He was a well-known poet who wrote long poems about American history and the value of democracy.

James Fenimore Cooper helped make ______popular in such books as The Pioneers and The Last of the Mohicans.

(pg 315, 3rd paragraph)

• historical fiction

• poetry

• satire

• short stories

What was the most frequent subject of Hudson River School artists?

(pg 315, last paragraph)

• birds of America

• settlers on the frontier

• landscapes in America

• portraits of historical figures

The artist ____ became famous for his collection of paintings, The Birds of America, which contained 435 types of birds.

(pg 316 2nd paragraph)

• John James Aududon

• George Caleb Bingham

• Thomas Cole

• Alfred Jacob Miller

During the early and mid-1800s, revival meetings were held that focused on reawakening _____. (pg 316)

• artistic expression

• nationalism

• patriotism

• religious faith