Despite its meticulous draftsmanship and precise detail, Lane’s work is far more than a simple inventory of harbor activity. The diminutive figures and carefully rendered vessels remain secondary to the vast expanse of sky, where shimmering light creates a tranquil, idyllic mood.
America’s National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation.
Students will explore nineteenth-century life in the White Mountains of New Hampshire through a tale of a family who lived there by analyzing a painting by Thomas Cole and reading a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. They will then write a comparative essay and complete a mathematics worksheet to enhance their perception of American life in the nineteenth century.
The tale became a popular one for the American people because the young nation had
Cambridge, Mass., 1936: 54, no. 201, pl. 36. 1937 "Mellon Offers Nation $19,000,000
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969-1970, no. 10, repro. 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Marsden Hartley was born on January 4, l877, in Lewiston, Maine, to English immigrant parents. In 1893 he moved with his family to Ohio, where he studied at the Cleveland School of Art.
Marsden Hartley: Race, Region, and Nation.
Around the turn of the 17th century, a number of Flemish painters presented sumptuous tabletop still lifes to delight the viewer, and none surpassed Osias Beert. The carefully crafted objects and expensive delicacies that he depicted celebrate a world of abundance and beauty in a style that shows off Beert’s mastery of textural effects and realistic detail.
Amsterdam; The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999-2000, no. 8, repro. 2000 Art for the Nation
Mellon, the museum’s founder, who gave the nation his art collection and funds
car pulled by a horse, about nine thousand miles of railroad track crossed the nation
Portraits represent people, either real or imagined, attempting to capture their appearance or essence. Some artists explored the human form and emotions through portraits of loved ones. Others made a living depicting wealthy or important people. And artists like Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh frequently used themselves as models.
And in the early decades of the United States, many artists represented the new nation
The US government once employed artists to draw pictures of designs from historical objects. The idea is reimagined by artists today.
Index drawings were also exhibited widely across the nation, from community art centers
