1850-1877: The Arts
1850-1877: Chapter Two: The Arts
by MICHAEL McLOUGHLIN, ROBERT MOSS, ANTHONY J. SCOTTI, and CAROLYN SHAFER
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 18
OVERVIEW 26
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Art: Landscape Painting 27
Art: Romanticism and Genre Art 28
The Birth of Photography 28
Literature: An American Renaissance 30
Thoreau in the Woods 30
Literature: Civil War and American Letters 32
Civil War Fiction 33
Literature: Local Color and Realism 34
Emily Dickinson -The Recluse Poet 35
Music 37
Theater 39
HEADLINE MAKERS
Henry Adams 41
Mathew B. Brady 42
Frederic Church 42
Bret Harte 43
James Renwick Jr. 46
William Wetmore Story 47
PUBLICATIONS 48
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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