Thursday, January 29, 2015

Simple as a flower, and that's a complicated thing . . . (the art of Transcendentalism and the Hudson River School)

Song selection - Love and Rockets "No New Tale to Tell"

I am not a fan of Transcendentalism or Romanticism (I blame my English teachers), but they are significant.  Today's art comes from the Transcendental period.

Wikipedia article for Transcendentalism and the Hudson River School

USHistory.org article for Transcendentalism

Thomas Hampson's show on PBS I Hear America Singing - Transcendentalism and the Hudson River School









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