1. Art, Architecture, Music and Literature in the Early 1800s
American Culture
Art, Architecture, Music and Literature in the Early 1800s

2. Teks:
The student understand the relationship between the arts and the times during which they were created.
Describe developments in art, music, and literature that are unique to American culture such as the Hudson River School artists, John James Audubon...and other cultural activities in the history of the United States
Identify examples of American art, music, and literature that reflect society in different eras
Analyze the relationship between fine arts and continuity and change in the American way of life

3. Chapter 9, Section 3 pages 308-311
Using your textbook:
Literature
List the authors in the book and describe what they wrote about
Give examples
Answer Questions:
How did American writers such as Irving and Cooper help create a new cultural identity in the U.S.?
How did the style of American art change to reflect the American way of life in the early 1800s?
Art
Hudson River School: What is it?
List artists and tell what they painted.
What did Audubon paint?

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5. Hudson River School Audubon’s paintings

6. Hudson River School Audubon’s paintings
John James Audubon video
paintings

7. Authors: James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving
At the bottom of your chart, read pages Use the Guided Reading word help in the margins to help you understand. Discuss the passages with your partner. Then answer the questions at the bottom of page 313 in complete sentences in the space provided. 1. 2. 3.

8. Music of the early 1800s
Much of the music was religious as during this period, the country experienced several times of great religious revival (increase in religious faith and practice. One type of religious music is the spiritual, where Bible stories were told in song.
Examples: “Go Down Moses”, “In the Sweet Bye and Bye”, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
American Folk music reflected aspects of American life, especially life on the frontier, as well as the nationalism and pride of the new nation.
Songs like “Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal”, “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”, “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain”

9. Architecture:
Buildings built in the early 1800s were often built in the style of ancient Greece and Rome because they contained some of the same republican and democratic ideas found in the United States.
The large, round, white columns in front of buildings, arches on windows and the use of marble and other stone
Thomas Jefferson and other leaders started this trend