Category Archives: 9/8 Assignment

For my post, I chose to photograph the Washington Arch in Washington Square Park with Nick Burney. Obviously, the photograph was taken at a different angle than Hassam’s painting. Hassam’s painting was made from a perspective much closer to the … Continue reading →

This is Winter in Union Square by Hassam. It took  a little wile to find the place in the picture because the scenery has changed a little bit. It was really difficult to find the same places in Union Square, … Continue reading →

I chose the painting “Winter In Union Square” simply because Union Square is one of my favorite places in Manhattan. After taking the picture and going to Union Square I soon realized that what Hassam had painted no longer existed. … Continue reading →

Hassam’s rendition of the Brooklyn bridge, made in 1892, as shown on the first image, takes place during the winter, whereas the next picture Virginia and I took on does not. The hazy atmosphere in Hassam’s painting is contrasting to … Continue reading →

As shown above, I picked the Washington Arch, Spring painting of 1890. There are many differences in the pictures. For one, the trees in the original painting are unavailable. However, because of the trees you can tell that the vanishing … Continue reading →

On the left is Childe Hassam’s “A Winter Day on Brooklyn Bridge,” done in 1892, and on the right is the modern day image of what he painted. Although there have not been many changes in this view since Hassam … Continue reading →

This is Childe Hassam’s painting titled “Winter in Union Square.” This is a picture of Union Square taken on September 9, 2010. In Childe’s painting, the buildings in the background are farther away than the buildings in the picture. The … Continue reading →

The painting of Hassam that I chose was The Manhattan Club. After a little bit of research, I learned that this painting was a portrayal of the Stewart Mansion, which was located on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th … Continue reading →

For this assignment, I chose Childe Hassam’s 1890 painting, Washington Arch, Spring. The photo and the painting almost match up due to several factors. Both the photo and painting are at ground level and they both seem to be at … Continue reading →