Event
The Hudson River Schools of Art and Their Ice Age Origins; Robert & Johanna Titus Lecture & Book Signing
Sunday, September 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Join Robert Titus, retired professor of Geology, and Johanna Titus, retired professor of Biology, for a talk about the Hudson River School of Art and the Ice Age! During the 19th century there was something of a cultural Renaissance right here in the Hudson Valley region. America's first worldclass literature appeared. We also saw the birth of American landscape architecture. Most importantly, led by Thomas Cole, we saw the appearance of the Hudson Valley School of Art. In short, our region became the center of a truly important cultural movement. None of this, we argue, would ever have happened if the Hudson Valley, especially the North Lake area, had not been so heavily glaciated. We take our readers to see how the North Lake glaciers created the landscapes that so inspired the great artists of those times.Robert and Johanna Titus are best known as popular
science writers. Over the years they have written for several regional
magazines, including Kaatskill Life and Tri-County Historical Reviews, as well
as the Mountain Eagle and the Columbia Paper. They have authored five books on
the Catskills and Hudson Valley geology. The Titus's run The Catskill Geologist
Facebook page and a blog site, thecatskillgeologist.com
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