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- Title
Ruins on the Hudson and Beyond: The Nineteenth-Century Delight in Decay.
- Authors
Carso, Kerry Dean
- Abstract
The article discusses the Hudson River School painters including Thomas Cole, William Bartlett, and John Ferguson Weir, focusing on their depictions of ruins throughout the Valley during the 19th century. Other topics include depictions of man-made and natural ruins in art, the different meanings ascribed to ruins including patriotism, a connection to European architectural heritage, and cultural pessimism, and the creation of artificial ruins.
- Subjects
HUDSON River school of landscape painting (19th century); RUINS in art; NATURE in art; WEIR, John Ferguson; COLE, Thomas, 1801-1848; BARTLETT, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854; ARTIFICIAL ruins; NINETEENTH century; ART history
- Publication
Hudson River Valley Review, 2014, Vol 31, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
1546-3486
- Publication type
Essay