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19th-Century Fashion
Social status, political views, and occupation are revealed by one’s dress, and particularly influence clothing favored by women. Upper class men and women of 19th century had their clothing custom made. -
19th-Century Fashion
Fashion was one of the more visible ways in which a
woman could flaunt society's ideals.
Women's clothing, attained importance
as an image of social standing due to a number of reasons specific to women's roles in society at
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19th-Century Fashion
In the early 1800s, the waistline deepened, the natural waist returned the bodice requiring a tighter fit the skirt became fuller and bell-shaped, corsets, lightly boned and quilted, were worn. -
19th-Century Fashion
Men's Dress
By the early 19th century men's fashions included coat in long tails at the back cut higher in front, square-cut waistcoat showed beneath it, some dandies wore boned corsets to give them a small waist, long trousers replaced knee breeches. The tall hat completed the look. -
19th Century American Architecture Monticello
The buildings for his plantation Monticello, was designed by Thomas Jefferson, in Virginia.. Tribute to the Neo Palladian style, (borrowed from British and Irish models), with tetra style portico and Doric columns and modeled after the Hotel de Salm in Paris, visited by Jefferson when ambassador to France. Construction lasted from1768-1809. -
19th Century American Literature
The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans, followed Cooper’s The Deerslayer. Said to be the first truly successful American novel, set during the French and Indian War, it is thought of as an allegory for America’s rise, as both a country and a symbol. -
Cole's The Falls of Kaaterskill (1826)
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American Paintings The Hudson River School (1826-1870)
The Hudson River School, ( 1825-1880), America's first school of art, a strongly nationalistic group of American landscape painters influenced by romanticism, their work was popularized globally.. Fearsome and noble nature, as depicted in British aesthetic theory, was captured on canvas by HRS artists unique artistic painting style. Thomas Cole (1801-1848) "Sunny Morning on Hudson River."
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19th Century American Architecture White House United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., rebuilt 1815–1830, as it appeared during the early 19th century (prior to expansions and reconstruction of the dome).
The United States Capitol in Washington D.C., an example of uniform urbanism and neoclassicism, whose design was constructed by an Irish American, James Hoban, modeled from the Leinster house, a palace in Dublin Ireland, and now used by the Irish Parliament. Although construction began in 1792, but was ravaged during the War of 1812, and reconstruction began in 1815 and finished in 1830; in 1863 the Statue of Freedom was placed on top of the dome. -
19th Century American Architecture
Queen Anne styles of Victorian architecture
1850s–1900
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The Beech's
Asher B. Durand was so inspired by Cole’s work that he began devoting his time to landscape painting and soon became a prominent member of the Hudson River School. -
Asher B. Durand Kindred Spirits (1849)
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19th Century American Literature: The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
One of the most complex novels ever written, dealing with issues of religion, shame, justice and sin, The Scarlet Letter, is thoughtful and tragic, a most complex novel; the story of a 17th-century New England woman named Hester Prynne who is sentenced to wear a red letter “A” after being convicted of adultery. Eternally relevant, it explores American life in ways that applied to both the 19th century when it was published, as well as today. -
Jasper Cropsey "Catskill Mountain House" (1855)
Cropsey's "Starrucca Viaduct" (1865), depicts the most famous bridge on the route of the New York and Erie Railroad. Once touted at the Eighth Wonder of the World, the bridge was 1,200 feet long, 114 high, made of hewn stone, and demonstrated how railroads might overcome natural obstacles, like mountainsides and rivers, yet as shown in the picture, is dwarfed by the wilderness it cuts through. -
Niagara (1857) Artist: Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church, Cole’s student (1844–46), surpassed his teacher’s literary and historical conceits with scientific and expeditionary ones, establishing his reputation with outsize depictions of North American scenic wonders such as Niagara Falls -
The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak, 1863, Albert Bierstadt
The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak was created on
Bierstadt’s first journey to the Rockies of Wyoming with the government survey expedition of Colonel Frederick W. Lander. It was displayed in the art gallery of the Metropolitan Fair in New York in 1864. "Truly all is remarkable and a wellspring of amazement and wonder. Man is so fortunate to dwell in this American Garden of Eden." -
Beloved and famous operas of the 19th century.
Carmen is an opera in four acts composed by French composer Georges Bizet, to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. It was written in 1875, with arias Habanera, and Toreador Song, and based on a novella having the same title by Prosper Merimee.
Carmen the stereotypical Spanish woman of the 19th century, hot tempered, impetuous, hedonistic, a femme fatale, this opera about an irrepressible young Spanish woman, became one of the best loved composition of music of all time.
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19th Century American Literature The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane
Crane’s masterwork of 1895 explored the true terror and dread of combat. Crane portrayed Henry, the protagonist, as brave, his inner struggle noble, only to discover his whole unit was considered expendable. Crane' enthralling story portrayed Henry in the throes of the horror of war, without undercutting the inhumanity of warfare. -
Beloved and famous operas of the 19th century La bohème composed in 1896 by Giacomo Puccini
La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed in 1896 by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
La Bohème setting took place in 1830s Paris, France, and follows the standard Italian opera format, focusing on relationships, characters, and lovers, it was a very popular performance across the world. -
19th Century American Composers and Compositions Amy Marcy Cheney Beach ( 1867 – , 1944)
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, , first American female composer of large- scale art music, her "Gaelic" Symphony, performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, being the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. One of the most respected American composers of her era, she was acclaimed for concerts featuring her own music in the United States and in Germany. Amy Beach - Symphony in E-minor, Op.32 "Gaelic" (1896) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmLU1CfHcJw -
Beloved and famous operas of the 19th century Madam Butterfly
Madam Butterfly is an opera in three acts, published in 1898, composed by Giacomo Puccini, to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Madam Butterfly, a tale of unrequited love, following the tragic story of Cio Cio San, a young Japanese girl, who falls in love with American naval officer, with devastating consequences.
