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The Landscape Masters of the American West
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The Landscape Masters of the American West

Art and beauty of the geography and landscape ecology of Western North America.
Created byFederico von Borstel
Last updated 8/2021
English
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What you'll learn

  • The Landscape Master Painters of the American West
  • The course enhances human development.
  • The course promotes self-learning.
  • The course seeks to enrich your life experience.

Course content

1 section • 15 lectures • 1h 54m total length

  • Introduction5:01

    Explore the geography and landscape ecology of western North America through the art and history of the American West, from Yellowstone to Yosemite.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 211:47

    Trace early maps and voyages that chart the American West, from copper plate engravings to the Thompson map and the Oregon Trail.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 313:25

    George Catlin and Carl Balmer pioneered Missouri River landscapes, documenting Native American life and the untamed West, capturing horizon-rich scenes that reveal early frontier history.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 46:24

    Thomas Ayers sketched Yosemite Valley in 1855, capturing El Capitan and Half Dome to promote preservation from gold miners; the five views and his 1858 death are discussed.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 510:32

    Thomas Moran, a Hudson River School landscape master, captures the American West through Yellowstone, Green River, and the Grand Canyon, emphasizing discovery, exploration, and light.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 614:37

    Explore Albert Bierstadt’s masterful landscape paintings of the American West, created from on-site sketches and studio finishes, highlighting Turner-inspired light, dramatic canyons, rivers, and Yosemite vistas.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 74:05

    Alfred Jacob Miller's paintings depict Stewart and his guide in the old west, using soft clouds, subtle light, and layered landscapes to highlight historical significance.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 88:44

    Explore Maximilian and Bodmer's Missouri River expedition through the American West, capturing Native American life, horses, tepees, and river landscapes from Fort Union to Fort McKenzie.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 94:46

    Explore William Keith's California landscape masterworks, from Yosemite Valley to Mount Shasta, highlighting dramatic dark masses, light accents, and the organization of trees and vegetation as a historical record.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 104:46

    Explore Thomas Hill’s Yosemite Valley paintings, highlighting masterful foregrounds, illuminated rocks, El Capitan, and John Muir commissioned Hill to depict the glacier and Yosemite.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 1111:45

    Explore Julian Rick's romantic landscape style through modern, loose brushwork, dramatic light, and diagonal compositions that emphasize trees, rivers, and sunset in California winter scenes.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 122:28

    John Ingle Hart, a prolific painter who used pseudonyms, is hard to trace. The lecture covers Yosemite Valley (1908) and a Mount Shasta encampment, highlighting central mountain placement and blues.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 134:16

    An American photographer and environmentalist captured black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite, using panoramic and detailed views and highlighting conservation.

  • Landscape Masters of the American West 146:13

    Explore landscape masters of the american west and their approaches to painting vast western scenery in lecture 14. Identify key themes and techniques shaping american west landscapes.

  • Course Catalog5:32

    Explore the course catalog and its alignment with the landscape masters of the American West. Clarify about the topics and express thanks to readers.

Requirements

  • There are no requirements or prerequisites.

Description

The Landscape Masters of the American West is a course on the history, art and culture of the American West through the Eyes of the American Artist. We will travel with the expeditions that opened this land for the rest of the world to see and admire. The impressively beautiful American West interpreted by these very talented artists. I teach lecture courses and studios as I wish they would have been taught to me. Much of the graphic material in my lectures is taken or generated first hand directly by me on site. I teach to learn. I teach subjects as I wish they were taught to me. The Mission Statement. Education is a tool for the improvement of successive generations. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

This course is designed under the premise that humans should be taught in a way that is modeled after the educational patterns of evolution.

The design, development and application of educational systems based on the educational principles of evolution generates a philosophy and methodology of education in synchrony with the evolutionary education system that is firmly and deeply rooted in each of us.

Education for evolution is an educational system designed to help propel humans forward in the natural course of evolution. The purpose of education for evolution is to enhance and strengthen the natural evolutionary process of humans through the mechanism of education. The means to achieve this objective is the design of a curricula based on the same educational techniques and strategies used by natural evolution, enhanced and guided by the application of conscious educational decisions.

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