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Richard Upjohn
specialized in the rural churches of the northeast, but his major work is still "Trinity Church" in New York. he used the modern styles of the time including Gothic. -
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Walt Whitman
a working man, a traveler, a self-appointed nurse during the American Civil War , and a poetic innovator. His masterpiece was Leaves of Grass, in which he uses a free-flowing verse and lines of irregular length to depict the truth of American democracy. Taking that idea one step further, the poet assosiates the vast range of American experience with himself without being conceited. One of the greatest poets of the time and is still greatly respected. -
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Winslow Homer
depicted rural America—the sea, the mountains, and the people who lived near them. He was one of the many artists who shaped the types of art we have today. -
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Gothic Revival Style
From the 1840s on, the Gothic Revival style became popular in the United States. the Gothic Revival style was used in the construction of universities (Yale, Harvard) and churches. The success of the Gothic Revival was prolonged up until the beginning of the 20th century in numerous Skyscrapers, notably in Chicago and in New York. -
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Thomas Eakins
an uncompromising realist whose unflinching honesty undercut the genteel preference for romantic sentimentalism. Another artist of the time.