The Rocky Mountains a vision for artists in the nineteenth century Trenton, Patricia. creator Hassrick, Peter H. Buffalo Bill Historical Center text bibliography Nonfiction. Art. oku Norman University of Oklahoma Press ©1983 1983 1st ed. monographic eng print xix, 418 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 29 cm Introduction: Changing times and attitudes toward nature -- Artistic milestones: Evolution of landscape painting in America -- 1. Before the great surveys: The trailblazers -- Samuel Seymour: West with Major Stephen H. Long -- Karl Bodmer: The Rockies of the upper Missouri -- Alfred Jacob Miller: To "the mountains of the wind" -- 2. Military roads West: The pathfinders -- George Carl Ludwig (Charles) Preuss: Military roads West with John C. Fremont -- James W. Abert: The reconnaissance of Southern Colorado and New Mexico -- Edward and Richard Kern: Exploring with John C. Fremont and James H. Simpson -- 3. Tracks through the Rockies: The Pacific railroad surveys -- F.R. Grist and John Hudson: Exploring the Great Salt Lake -- Richard Kern: Tracks through the Central Rockies-Pacific railroad surveys -- John Mix Stanley: The pathfinder's artist -- Gustavus Sohon: German topographer with the fourth infantry in the Rockies -- Gwinn Harris Heap: West through the Central Rockies with Edward F. Beale -- Solomon Nunes Carvalho: Tracks through the Central Rockies with John C. Fremont -- 4. Across the continent: Artists on the road West -- William Henry Tappan and James F. Wilkins: Artists on the Oregon trail -- H.V.A. Von Beckh and John J. Young: From the Wasatch to the Pacific -- John Strong Newberry: West with John N. Macomb-"The great reconnaissance" -- Joseph Heger: Draftsman private with company K -- Anton Schonborn and James D. Hutton: Exploring the Big Horn and Beyond -- James Madison Alden and William McMurtrie: To the crest of the continent with the Northwest boundary survey -- 5. Albert Bierstadt: The grand panoramic vision -- Bierstadt's disciples: Henry Arthur Elkins and others -- 6. The great surveys -- 7. Thomas Moran: "Turner of the West" -- 8. The independent voyager: "Westward the course of empire" -- The professional artist in the West -- Artist-correspondents: American and European -- The California contingent in the Rockies -- Amateur artists -- The observers of the scenic West: Painters of Indians and wildlife -- 9. The regional scene -- 10. The vanishing scene: Charles M. Russell, Henry Farny, Frederic Remington, and John Twachtman. by Patricia Trenton and Peter H. Hassrick. "Published in association with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming." Sp Coll copy in slipcase. Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-406) and index. n-us--- nr----- Rocky Mountains In art Art, American 19th century Art, Modern 19th century Rocky Mountains Description and travel Art 19e siècle Art États-Unis 19e siècle Rocheuses dans l'art Rocheuses Descriptions et voyages Art américain 19e siècle Rocheuses, Montagnes Descriptions et voyages Art, American Art, Modern Travel Rocky Mountains 1800-1899 fast N8214.5.U6 T73 1983 758/.1/0973 0806118083 9780806118086 82021879 DLC 821108 20231120171449.1 in00000383044 eng