“Defining ‘Americanness’ (Part 2)” themes, terms, concepts, artists

• Artists as Christian prophet; land as holy place

• Edward Hicks

  • Peaceable Kingdom

• Frederick Church

  • “cosmic landscapes”
  • Heart of the Andes
  • Niagara

• Greek and Gothic Revival styles in architecture

• Later versions/comments

  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Wood’s American Gothic

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