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Happy film website
2014 State of Well-being Rankings
The Butterfly Effect on CBS News
Money Can Buy Happiness (if you don't spend it on yourself) TED Talk
Obituary of Susan Spencer-Wendel
2014 Happiness Index Results
2015 Social Progress Index
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Canned goods for The Resurrection Church
Eyeglasses for The Lions Club
Women's Toiletries for The LifeWay House
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The Hudson River School
The Hudson River School was not really a "school" like "high school" or QCC. In this case school means a group of people who share creative and intellectual interests and develop a distinct style.
The Hudson River School refers to a style of art that was popular from around 1825 to 1900.
It was the first fraternity of artists in America. "Fraternity" is another word for a group of people who share the same interests.
Look at these four pictures from the Hudson River School. What are some similarities that you see?
What do you think the artists were interested in?
How would you describe the style?
How do the paintings make you feel?
Would you like to hang one of these on your wall? Where would you put it?
The fourth painting was painted by Thomas Cole. He is considered the founder, and one of the most important figures, in the Hudson River School of Art. You can see the real painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan along with some other amazing pieces of art. Check it out!
http://www.metmuseum.org/
As you can see, the artists really loved nature and they painted it beautifully. These paintings are called landscapes.
Three themes that were important to these artists were discovery, exploration and settlement.
On one hand, nature is shown as sublime, rugged and wild. On the other hand, there is an idea that man and nature can co-exist peacefully.
Some painters in this school were very religious and wanted to show the idea that the American landscape was touched by God.
Do you notice a sense of light in all of these paintings? That can be interpreted as God's goodness and blessing of the landscape.
The term for this is luminism. One idea was that God created nature, and wild nature was untouched by man. Therefore, if man could get to know nature in its pure form, man could have a deeper connection with God.
Thomas Cole said, "Life is fragile and impermanent; only Nature and the Divine within the Human Soul are eternal."
The Hudson River School attempted to portray this divinity in nature so that the viewer could appreciate its awesomeness and feel both impressed and attached to it.
References
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/hd_hurs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/hudson.html
http://www.metmuseum.org/
As you can see, the artists really loved nature and they painted it beautifully. These paintings are called landscapes.
Three themes that were important to these artists were discovery, exploration and settlement.
On one hand, nature is shown as sublime, rugged and wild. On the other hand, there is an idea that man and nature can co-exist peacefully.
Some painters in this school were very religious and wanted to show the idea that the American landscape was touched by God.
Do you notice a sense of light in all of these paintings? That can be interpreted as God's goodness and blessing of the landscape.
The term for this is luminism. One idea was that God created nature, and wild nature was untouched by man. Therefore, if man could get to know nature in its pure form, man could have a deeper connection with God.
Thomas Cole said, "Life is fragile and impermanent; only Nature and the Divine within the Human Soul are eternal."
The Hudson River School attempted to portray this divinity in nature so that the viewer could appreciate its awesomeness and feel both impressed and attached to it.
References
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/hd_hurs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/hudson.html