Essay

1.       Early nineteenth century American Landscape paintings and Edo period Japanese landscape woodcuts.

2.       Wabi Sabi, the do spirit

3.       The reason that these two landscape pieces are stylistically different is  because Japan’s approach to nature was influenced by Buddhism and wabi sabi; whereas, America’s approach to nature was influenced by romanticism and transcendentalism.

4.       MLA

5.       Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. 5th ed. Boston: Pearson, n.d. Print.

R      Roque, Oswaldo. "The Oxbow by Thomas Cole: Iconography of an American Landscape Painting." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: n. pag. Print.