1850-1877: The Arts

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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

Oliver Wendell Holmes 44

Sidney Lanier 45

James Renwick Jr. 46

William Wetmore Story 47

Harriet Beecher Stowe 47

PUBLICATIONS 48

Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.

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