Frontier Flashcards
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John Gast - from StLouis (lived in NYC)
American progress 1872
- Floating seamlessly into the west
- the idealization of American west
- to right Manhattan & brooklyn bridge a technical invention
- telephone wires
- wester exspansion. Bringing civilization.
- groupings of types. farmers, terrified natives, mountain men with horse, running buffalos
- she is carrying a schoolbook
- brings education tot he west
- “god wanted us here. he showed us the new world”
- the idea that the west consisted of nothing. mountains, indians, buffalos
- 1893 - the frontier is over. then about bringing it together.
- the fantasy of freedom - idealization of expansion
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George Catlin
Buffalo chase. 1832
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Charles Deas
Long Jakes, 1844
- typ: hunter trapper
- rugged, wild hair, beard
- you had to be a “real man” to survive
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Charles Deas
The death struggle, 1845
- wester story - escaping afight with the indain.
- Everyone is terrified except the white man. stronger, calm, on a white horse
- fiction, art, political action - imaginiative/fiction
- both indians same features=no personallity. depicted as a group, not individuals
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Charles Deas
Voyageurs 1845
- the noble savge. Living with nature.
- Fascination in haw far from civilization they are.
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William T Ranney
Trapper’s last shot, 1850
- narrative, high drama.
- the narrative is up to the viewer
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William T Ranney
Kit Karson, 1845
- idealized image
- only carrying a blanket and some liqure. Where is the lagguage?
- images for the eastern market
- if you are a white amn who lives like an indian. It is of chice=it is masculine and cool
- City living = too cilvilized. wanted to be reminded of te wild life. To live life
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George Caleb Bingham
Family life on the frontier, 1845
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George Caleb Bingham 1811-1879
- Born Virginia, moven to Missuri
- trained with Chester Harding
- 1838 introduced to genre paintings by Sidney Mount
- American Art Union distrubuted his works/prints
Fur traders descending the Missouri, 1845
- older gentleman and young boy (look care free, enjoying the ride) decending the moissuri river
- in front, young bear that they have captured
- foreground very detailed. Background lumenous and arieal perspective
- great depiction of the water. reflective, still and calm
- acclaimed one of his best
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George Caleb Bingham
Jolly Flatboatmen, 1846
- Depicts the importance of the river in the west
- working conditions at the time
- idealized relaxed images for the easterners/north
- horixontal lines and triangular composition to place focus on dnacing man
- the innocence and wildness of the west, scenery and stillness of the river
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George Caleb Bingham
Jolley Flatboarmen in Part, 1857
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George Caleb Bingham
Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap, 1851
- The composition of the grouping reminds of Virgin Mary in the donkey
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A.F Tait
The life of a Hunter, 1858
- Masculinity
- what men dream about. To stare down the danger
- the idea of conquering nature
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George Catlin
Cler-Mont First chief i the tribe, 1834
- one of the “inventors” of the indian stereotype
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Charles Bird King
Young Omahaw…, 1822
- the is all about indians 1820-50s
- the typical stereotype - one of his better paintings
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Charles Bird King
Hayne 1822
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Charles Bird King
Jack-o-pa, 1827
