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Antebellum American Art

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Dividing the art of the Antebellum period into several different genres, this vibrant presentation is sure to get your students' attention. It takes your students on a walk through an art museum with famous paintings, architecture, and...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Roots of Preservation: Emerson, Thoreau, and the Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on Emerson, Thoreau and the Hudson River School and the legacy it left. Section for guiding student discussion and scholar's debate.
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art: "View of Schroon Mountain After a Storm"

For Students 9th - 10th
"View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838" in an oil painting on canvis by Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848), founder of the art movement known as the Hudson River School
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Other

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A great museum with a wonderful collection. See works of art, schedule tours for students, and see current (and past) exhibitions. Located in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the Hudson River School of American artists. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Hudson River School.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Artists by Movement: Hudson River School

For Students 9th - 10th
Survey the career and paintings of the Hudson River School in American painting (1835-1870).
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Huntington Library

Huntington L Ibrary: American Art: Federic Edwin Church: Chimborazo (1864)

For Students 9th - 10th
The painting, Chimborazo, by Frederic E. Church depicts the natural beauty of Ecuador, one of the places this artist traveled to. As explained in this article, it provides an example of landscape art of the 19th century.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Church, Niagara and Heart of the Andes

For Students 9th - 10th
Frederic Edwin Church is most famous for his large, blockbuster--ized landscapes. Among the many he painted, Niagara (1857) and The Heart of the Andes (1863) are justifiably the most famous. View pictures of these paintings and read...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Sanford Robinson Gifford

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Sanford Robinson Gifford is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his connections to the Hudson River school.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Thomas Cole

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles the life and career of Thomas Cole, an Anglo-American landscape painter who was a founder of the Hudson River School.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Albert Bierstadt

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Albert Bierstadt, a German-American landscape painter.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Thomas Doughty

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Thomas Doughty, American landscape painter who was associated with the Hudson River School.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: George Inness

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of George Inness, American landscape painter and a member of the Hudson River School.