Events2020 Annual MeetingYour AAR staff continues to work toward holding the Annual Meeting in Boston, Nov. 21-24, 2020. We are aware of the uncertainty and contradictory projections related to the COVID-19 pandemic and with health and safety as a priority, we will continue monitoring the guidance of governments and health experts as we plan and make decisions. Should any changes need to be made related to the 2020 Annual Meeting, we will promptly notify you. 2020 Regional MeetingsOpen Registration: All remaining regional meetings for 2020 have been canceled |
Spirit and the Vision: The Influence of Christian Romanticism on the Development of 19th-Century American ArtApostolos-Cappadona, Diane Description Christian Romanticism was a response to social changes within nineteenth century American culture, including women’s literacy, spiritual domesticity, and the idealization of childhood. This book examines the work of three artists of the first American landscape tradition — Washington Alston, Thomas Cole, and Frederic Edwin Church – and two clergymen — Horace Bushnell and Henry Ward Beecher. It assesses their understanding of the artist as a social and moral teacher, the didactic role of art in society more generally, and a God who acts in history. The author finds that the art of Allston, Cole, and Church expressed and served the dominant middle-class religious ideology of the time — Christian Romanticism. This distinguishes their work from more elitist and regional work. Additional Information
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