Discusses Thomas Cole's (1801-1848) belief in the lessons that nature has to teach us. This is good introduction to the Hudson River School, America's first acknowledged art movement, and to the man considered the father of that movement.
TRC audience:
High School (9-12)
College/Adult
TRC subject:
Early Nineteenth Century (1800-1865)
Art of the West
Art Ed/Museum Ed
Artist Biography
Picturing America Resource
TRC format:
Audio-Visual