1. American progress through pain
The artistic community was called into action, producing whole schools of painting, which glorified the development of the nation. ... The so-called Hudson River School appeared in the mid 1820s. ... The Hunter's Return represents wild woods surrounding a glade where a family seems to be living in symbiotically with the prevailing forces of nature. ... Cole was famous for the spiritual or moral symbols he was used to put in his work. ... America was still a new country, and many considered it as a Garden of Eden, plentiful and wild. ...
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