Exploring Horizon Line: Icons of a New Eden

In early-nineteenth century America, citizens of the young country began to seek out accurate depictions of places. They had a real sense of the specialness of their new country—its wide expanse and its seemingly limitless natural resources. As the century progressed, members of the Hudson River School, a loosely affiliated art movement based in New York City, began producing expressive, Romantic interpretations of the landscape.

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