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The first and only book devoted to the landscape Frederic Church designed at Olana—what he considered his greatest work of art—timed to coincide with the bicentennial of his birth
Modelled on her acclaimed On the High Line (now in its third edition from Fordham University Press), Composing Olana unfolds as a series of walks along the seven carriage roads Frederic Edwin Church built here in 1860s-1880s. Along the way, LaFarge unpacks the history of everything we see, and much that we don't, in the greater landscape, from the Ice Age geology that created it to the artists and conservationists who preserved it. We learn about lesser-known women painters of the Hudson River School; the Native Peoples who lived here before the Europeans arrived; and the mentorship of Church's only teacher, Thomas Cole.
Archival letters, diaries, and historic accounts reveal Church's vital role in preserving Niagara Falls; his contributions to Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and his engagement with music, photography, and global exploration throughout the second half of the nineteenth century.
Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of his birth, Composing Olana enables readers to finally comprehend Church's vital, and still not properly recognized, place in the American story. Illustrated with dozens of historic and contemporary photographs, it is both a guidebook and a meditation on American art, landscape, and preservation.
An innovative companion website, OlanaBook.com, provides hundreds of photos, audio clips from the soundscape, and an interactive version of the specially created "Rambler's Map." Designed as an accessible and lively companion for armchair readers and park visitors, Composing Olana shows why this landscape, still intact today, matters so profoundly in the history of American art and public parks.
Contents
Author's Note ix
Companion Website xi
A Rambler's Map of Olana xii
Introduction 1
Section 1: South Road, 1865 15
David Huntington, the Man Who Saved Olana, 18 • The Indispensable Partnership, 22 • The
Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape, 27 • Catskill Mountain House and the Roots of
Landscape Tourism, 30 • The Name "Olana", 34 • The "Land" in Landscape, 34
Section 2: North Road, 1869 39
"Donkey Fever", 40 • Downie Church, 42 • Andrew Jackson Downing, 43 • Foremothers, 45 •
Columbia-Greene Community College, 48 • En Plein Air Painters, 49
Section 3: Ridge Road, 1884 53
Composing a View, 53 • Becraft Mountain, 54 • Mount Merino, 56 • The City of Hudson, 58 •
Hudson Hall, 62 • Niagara Falls, 63 • The Erratics, 66
Section 4: New Approach Road, 1887-1888 69
A Real-World Panorama, 69 • Church's Studios, 75 • The Bend in the River, 76 • The Olana
House, 80 • Fallen Hemlock, 86 • The Mingled Garden, 88
Section 5: Lake Road, 1884-1885 91
Olana Lake, 92 • The Business of Ice, 93 • Cosy Cottage, 94 • The Preservation of Olana, 96 •
Farm Road, 98 • When the Future Came to the Olana Farm, 99 • Dogs of Olana, 100
Section 6: Crown Hill Road, 1884-1885 103
The Plan of Olana, 1886, 104 • Buckthorn Fence, 106 • Landscape Furniture, 108 • Wildlife, 110 •
The Park, 110
Section 7: Bethune Road, 1864-1865 115
Dead Trees, 116 • Guerilla Art, 118 • The Olana Eye SkyCam, 119 • The Soundscape, 121
Section 8: The Hudson River Skywalk and Art Trail, 2019 127
The Rip Van Winkle Bridge, 129 • Thomas Cole Site, 130 • Emily Cole, 132 • The Hudson River, 134 •
Rogers Island, 135 • Hudson River Boat Traffic, 137 • Icebergs, 139
Acknowledgments 145
Notes 149
Bibliography 171
Index 175
