Picturing America As the crowds increased year

As the crowds increased year by year

Try to imagine a half mile of glacier rising above—part of a vast sheet of ice reaching south from Labrador

” from gentle roadside cascades

and some standing in solitary majesty

the triumphs and tragedies

Picturing America As the crowds increased yearPublisher: Nancy Paulsen Books; Illustrated edition This fascinating look at artist Thomas Cole's life takes readers from his humble beginnings to his development of a new painting style that became America's first formal art movement: the Hudson River school of painting. Thomas Cole was always looking for something new to draw. Born in England during the Industrial Revolution, he was fascinated by tales of the American countryside, and was ecstatic