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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Harvey, Eleanor Jones, author.     Subjects     Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Influence -- Exhibitions.     Arts, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.     Arts, American -- German influences -- Exhibitions.     Nature and civilization -- United States -- Exhibitions.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Harvey, Eleanor Jones, author.       by title:      Alexander von Humbol...         MARC Display

Alexander von Humboldt and the United States : art, nature, and culture / Eleanor Jones Harvey ; with a preface by Hans-Dieter Sues. by Harvey, Eleanor Jones, author. Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; Princeton : in association with Princeton University Press, [2020] Subjects Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Influence -- Exhibitions.   Arts, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.   Arts, American -- German influences -- Exhibitions.   Nature and civilization -- United States -- Exhibitions. ISBN:  0691200807 (hardcover) 9780691200804 (hardcover) : Description:  442 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm Contents:  Humboldt in the United States -- Mapping a national identity -- America's wilderness icons -- Humboldt in Europe -- Humboldt and American slavery -- Humboldt and Native American Ethnography -- Embodying Cosmos : Frederic Edwin Church -- Humboldt and Smithson." Requests:  0 Summary:  "Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most influential scientists and thinkers of his age. A Prussian-born geographer, naturalist, explorer, and illustrator, he was a prolific writer whose books graced the shelves of American artists, scientists, philosophers, and politicians. Humboldt visited the United States for six weeks in 1804, engaging in a lively exchange of ideas with such figures as Thomas Jefferson and the painter Charles Willson Peale. It was perhaps the most consequential visit by a European traveler in the young nation's history, one that helped to shape an emerging American identity grounded in the natural world. In this beautifully illustrated book, Eleanor Jones Harvey examines how Humboldt left a lasting impression on American visual arts, sciences, literature, and politics. She shows how he inspired a network of like-minded individuals who would go on to embrace the spirit of exploration, decry slavery, advocate for the welfare of Native Americans, and extol America's wilderness as a signature component of the nation's sense of self. Harvey traces how Humboldt's ideas influenced the transcendentalists and the landscape painters of the Hudson River School, and laid the foundations for the Smithsonian Institution, the Sierra Club, and the National Park Service. Alexander von Humboldt and the United States looks at paintings, sculptures, maps, and artifacts, and features works by leading American artists such as Albert Bierstadt, George Catlin, Frederic Church, and Samuel F. B. Morse"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 700.973 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Nonfiction 700.973 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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