Landscapes:Hudson River SchoolThe Hudson River School (HRS) was a group of American landscape painters from about 1825 to about 1880. Their work consisted of landscape painting of realistic depictions of nature and a burning desire to celebrate distinctly American scenery. Until the emergence of the HRS, most American artists seemed more interested in doing portraits than landscapes. A Landscape is a painting, drawing, or digitalis art of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view – with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.
Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School. He was born in England and came to America at age 18. He produced several images of the Hudson River that quickly attracted the attention of the art world and this is how the “Hudson River School” began. Thomas Cole captured the beauty and essence of the “New World” wilderness. These paintings began to serve as some nationalistic pride and one of the goals of the Hudson River school to show the world ie Europe, america’s awe inspiriting lands of which they had never seen. : |
The Hudson River School Artist utilized a few key principles that ensured their Landscapes were , realistic and powerful. Examples of these principles are the intriguing compositions, color and shade depth, and realistic depth.
composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work. It can also be thought of as the organization the pieces of your artwork. A good composition should guide the viewers eye around the painting, examining different focal points . A few tips to good competition: use overlapping,never center objects, and allow things to go off the edges of the paper. Color and shade depth. Typically with landscapes things that are closer to you ie the foreground are more vivid and darker in color than those in the background.. They call this atmosphere perspective. As things are further away there is more air therefor lightening the color. Hudson river Artist created depth by utilizing the spatial concept of foreground, middle ground and background. The foreground refers to the area closest to the viewer, which will almost always be in the lower section of your picture. This area will contain the most detail and brightest colors. Detail and color intensity will both diminish as you move away from the viewer and toward the background, further up the picture plane, closest to the horizon. Examples of Hudson River School Art |
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The HRS Key Principles
Project:The New Hudson River SchoolChoose a photo of a landscape or for 5 additional extra credit points choose your own PHOTO of a landscape and collage using interesting images to create a New Hudson River School Art.
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