Alexander von Humboldt and the United States : art, nature, and culture

Alexander von Humboldt and the United States : art, nature, and culture

Washington, DC : Princeton : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; in association with Princeton University Press, [2020].

442 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

700.973 H341 2020

(OCoLC)1119533085

Maps on lining papers.|"Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., March 20 to August 16, 2020."|Includes bibliographical references and index.|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.|"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. Harvey examines how Humboldt left a lasting impression on American visual arts, sciences, literature, and politics ... "--Book jacket|L2021M3

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