Intro to Modern Art History
Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Mount Mansfield, Ve...
Trains were dumping crowds of loud tourists into the pristine Vermont wilderness. Sanford Robinson Gifford saw the end coming. He...
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Lake Nemi (1857)
In 1857 the world got incredibly loud. Sanford Robinson Gifford walked away from the racket to find absolute silence in...
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Lake Geneva (1875)
The Gilded Age elites wanted roaring avalanches to hang over their velvet sofas. Sanford Robinson Gifford handed them absolute silence...
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Kauterskill Clove (...
Gifford painted to set the air on fire. Facing his own death, he built a suffocating golden haze that critics...
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson - Hunter Mountain, Tw...
Sanford Robinson Gifford served up a glowing twilight to the New York elite who wanted a pretty distraction. They got...
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Gifford, Sanford Robinson - A Coming Storm (1863)
In 1863 New York elite wanted pretty landscapes. Gifford handed them a mirror dripping with blood and anxiety. His masterpiece...
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Cole. Thomas - View in the White Mountains (1827)
Thomas Cole dragged his sketchbooks into the mud because he knew rich New Yorkers wanted the wild frontier safely framed...
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Cole. Thomas - The Voyage of Life: Youth (1842)
Thomas Cole didn't paint a pretty landscape just for show. He captured the exact moment before youth crashes into reality....
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Cole. Thomas - The Voyage of Life: Old Age (1842)
Thomas Cole lost control of his original masterpiece series. So he went to Rome to paint a desperate do-over. The...
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Cole. Thomas - The Voyage of Life: Manhood (1842)
Thomas Cole painted this version of his masterpiece out of pure spite. He had a brutal fight with his wealthy...
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