Monday

Finish The Neoclassical Republic- Keynote Presentation

Read Washington’s Constitution and take notes:

Work on Constitution Study Guide in class

Homework- Finish the Constitution Studyguide

Tuesday

The Constitution in action:

• McCulloch vs. Maryland
• Marbury vs. Madison
• Gibbons vs. Ogden

Homework- Read pages 253-263 in the textbook.

Wednesday

Use your textbook and link to answer the following questions:

-Market Economy- What is the market economy and how does it develop? What factors lead to the economic boom between 1820-1840? What changes/challenges does banking face in the years 1815-1840?

-Development of industry- How does industry develop? Where does it develop and why?

-Transportation- What do you notice about the development of the canal system? How do the developments in transportation change America?

Homework- No homework.

Thursday

The Romantics - Brief Keynote

Read and Respond:

"To a Waterfowl," - William Cullen Bryant

"Thanatopsis," - William Cullen Bryant

Questions:

• “Thanatopsis” is notable for its use of syntactical inversions, which can at first make understanding difficult. What is the subject of the first sentence, which runs through line 8?
• Why is nature’s voice “various” (l. 3)? What is the speaker’s attitude toward nature as expressed in lines 1-17?
• In this poem, William Cullen Bryant develops several stunning metaphors. What is the meaning of the “last bitter hour” (l. 9), the “narrow house” (l. 12), the “Couch more magnificent” (l. 33), and “innumerable caravan” (l.74)? How do these metaphors contribute to the poem? How do they connect to the title of the poem?
• What are the antecedents of the pronouns of their (l. 8) and his (l. 19)? How does identifying them aid your understanding of the poem?
• Identify three examples of personification in the poem. What are their effects?
• This poem employs several contrasts. Identify three prominent ones. What is their effect?
• What is the meaning of lines 22-30? Is the circumstance they recount still true today?
• What is the primary implication of lines 48-50?
• How would you describe Bryant’s tone in this poem?
• The poem’s title takes its meaning from the Greek thanatos, death, and opis, vision or sight, and is often called “A Meditation on Death”. The poem is indeed about death and mortality. Is it gloomy? Depressing? How would you describe the mood of the poem?

Research basics on The Hudson River School of Art, using an encyclopedia and the following websites:

https://www.britannica.com/art/Hudson-River-school

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/hudson-river-school.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School

Your Task:

1. Select Three Examples of Hudson River School Paintings:

2.  List Artists (include years lived):

3. Cut and paste 3 Examples: 

4. Describe the painting:  What is the overall subject? What specific elements do you notice? What are the artistic techniques? What is the perspective?

  - How does it adhere to the traits and characteristics of Romanticism? What specific details about the style and subject matter lead us to catagorize it in Romanticism?

  - What does it say about the artist’s views and the time in which it was created? How does it view nature and progress?

Friday

American Romantic Painting and the Hudson River School of Art

Discussion- “Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above.” - Emily Dickinson

The Wilderness and the West- Keynote Presentation

                        “Kindred Spirits”- Asher Durand 1849

“…in gazing on the pure creations of the Almighty, he feels a calm religious tone steal through

his mind, and when he has turned to mingle with his fellow men, the chords which have been

struck in the sweet communion cease not to vibrate.”

— Essay on American Scenery[10]

Durand was inspired by this John Keats’ sonnet. Read through it carefully, and find lines that apply to specific parts of the painting.

O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell 
John Keats

O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings; climb with me the steep,—
Nature’s observatory—whence the dell,
Its flowery slopes, its river’s crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
’Mongst boughs pavillion’d, where the deer’s swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the fox-glove bell.
But though I’ll gladly trace these scenes with thee,
Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,
Whose words are images of thoughts refin’d,
Is my soul’s pleasure; and it sure must be
Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,
When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.

Durand included the names of these kindred spirits within the landscape itself by carving in paint their names into the birch tree on the left side of the painting.

By painting Cole and Bryant together in Kindred Spirits, Durand created a visual record of the relationship between the art and literary circles of the early nineteenth century, as well as their common beliefs toward the American landscape and Nature. Today, Kindred Spirits has come to symbolize both the Hudson River School and its era's culture (art, literature,etc...). Conceived as a memory piece for Cole, Kindred Spirits may now be said to be a visual memory of the era in which it was created.”

Discuss Homework:

Your Task:

1. Select Three Examples of Hudson River School Paintings:

2.  List Artists (include years lived):

3. Cut and paste 3 Examples: 

4. Describe the painting:  What is the overall subject? What specific elements do you notice? What are the artistic techniques? What is the perspective?

  - How does it adhere to the traits and characteristics of Romanticism? What specific details about the style and subject matter lead us to catagorize it in Romanticism?

  - What does it say about the artist’s views and the time in which it was created? How does it view nature and progress?

Homework- Use Excel to create annotations and a breakdown of Cole’s “Oxbow” painting. Then, select another Romantic landscape painting of your choice and do the same. Submit these into Schoology, and be prepared to explain in class on Monday.