The Early Period(1607-1830)

By Victoria Celetti, Cameron Martin, Kirsten Pasterczyk,

Slavik Yanyuk, and Cindy Zheng

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The Early

Period…

Thomas Paine

Paine wrote about religious freedom, establishing a government, and made people aware of political life.

Paine’s Strategies• Appeals to logos and ethos• Biblical references• References to philosophy and philosophical

terms• Use of euphemisms• Parallelism• Paradox• Concrete nouns• Strong verbs produce a sense of urgency• Stresses “THE AUTHOR”

“Common Sense”“The cause of America is, in a great measure, the cause of all mankind... The laying a country desolate with fire and sword, declaring war against the natural rights of all mankind, and extirpating the defenders thereof from the face of the earth, is the concern of every man to whom nature hath given the power of feeling; of which class, regardless of party censure, is THE AUTHOR.”

Early Period Writing• Gives Reasons for living by God• Addresses skeptics directly and provides explanations

• Direct quotations from Scripture• Allusions to God• Death • Allusions to past events, historical

Benjamin WestWest depicted battle scenes, religion, and government in his paintings.

He used earthy warm colors such as green, browns, reds, and yellows.

Most of West’s artwork shows numerous people, with the focus on one or two figures in the middle of the painting.

William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians in November 1683

Death-Wolfe

The Women at the Sepulchre” or “The Angel at the Tomb of Christ

Saul Before Samuel and the ProphetsBenjamin West's Prints and Posters."

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Mr. Robert Grafton and Mrs. Mary Patridge Wells Grafton

-American choral composer-Regarded as father of American choral music and hymnody-4 part chorus; sung a capella-Most hymns and anthems published in book length collections-The New-England Psalm-Singer (1770) The Singing Master's Assistant (1778) Music in Miniature (1779) The Psalm- Singer's Amusement (1781) The Suffolk Harmony (1786) The Continental Harmony (1794)

Colonial Music

Violins and fiddles were prevalent Harpsichords, pianos were gaining

popularity Popular: Ballad Operas, Folk Tunes,

Minuets, Reels, Gigs Religious Psalms and Anthems Military “Field Music”- drums, fiddles,

oboes, horns, bassoons Steady, regular tempos with refrain

and chorus