Works Cited
Primary Documents
O’Sullivan’s essay on Manifest Destiny as cited in:
Brinkley Alan. “American History, A Survey Volume I.” 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill 1995.
Paintings
Bingham, George Caleb.
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap
(1851). Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Church, Frederic.
Hooker and Company Journeying through the Wilderness in 1636 from Plymouth to Hartford (
1846). Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut
Deas, Charles.
The Death Struggle
(1845). Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
Jewett, William.
The Promised Landthe Grayson Family
(1850). Terra Museum of American Art
Leutze, Emanuel.
Departure of Columbus from Palos in 1492
(1855). Private Collection
Leutze, Emanuel
. Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way (Westward Ho!) (1861).
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Books
Andrews, Malcolm.
Landscape and Western Art
. London: Oxford University Press, 1999
Brinkley, Alan. “American History, A Survey Volume I.” 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill 1995.
Barnet, Sylvan.
A Short Guide to Writing about Art.
Toronto: Little, Brown and Company 1981.
Curry, Larry.
The American West: Painters from Catlin to Russell
. New York: Viking Press, 1972
Pohl, Frances K.
Framing America
. New York: Thames & Hudson, Inc. 2002
Whitman, W. (1865-1881) “Pioneers, O Pioneers” from “American Poetry and Prose”. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co.
Suggestions for Teacher
Readings for the Teacher
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Framing America
Frances K Pohl’s work is one of the leading textbooks on the social history of American Art.
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A Short Guide to Writing about Art
This timeless explanation on the finer points of analyzing and writing about art by Sylvan Barnet was incredibly helpful for me. As a novice to the study or art, I relied on it heavily concerning critical art essays.
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American Painting of the 19th Century: Realism, Idealism and the American Experience
This scholarly study of American Art that concentrates on some of the leading artists of the day. In addition to Barbara Novak’s perceptive analysis, this book contains valuable resources such as many illustrations and a collection of brief biographies of dozens of painters.- The Iconography of Landscape, Cosgrove and Daniels (eds.)
This useful collection of essays can help the teacher gain a rich understanding of the use of icons in landscape art.
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The Age of Empire
Historian Eric Hobsbawm surveys the are of conquest and nationalism in this study of the world in the late nineteenth century. Reading this will help the teacher connect event taking place in the new world to those in the old.
Suggested Website for the Teacher
http://www.artchive.com/ - This site is an incredibly comprehensive collection of world art available for research or downloading images.