Landscape and the Sublime
America: Wilderness and Nation
Cole, Durand, Leutze, Lane, Church and Bierstadt, 1836–1863
In the United States, painters used landscape and history scenes to raise questions about the young country's land and its future. This part moves from Cole's moral allegories to the giant single-picture shows of Church and Bierstadt.
- Wild land and cleared land as a question about the future
- Painted cycles and history scenes that carry a lesson
- Quiet harbor light and spectacular views of distant wonders
Works in this part
- View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow
- The Course of Empire: Destruction
- The Voyage of Life: Childhood
- Kindred Spirits
- Washington Crossing the Delaware
- Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay
- Niagara
- Heart of the Andes
- The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
Image: The Met Open Access · CC0