PRESENTATION OUTLINE
TEXAS REPUBLIC LITERATURE AND ART
LITERATURE
- Most books published were about Texas history or travel.
- Texas republic authors include Mary Austin Holley and William Kennedy
- Poetry was popular in the republic
- President Mirabeau B. Lamar was a poet
- The most common publications in the republic were newspapers
ART
- Many artists were new immagrants
- Most paintings were of Texas landscapes
- Charles Kneass and Jefferson Wright were famous artists in Texas
- Some sculptors worked in Texas
A BOOK CALLED "TEXAS" WAS WRITTEN BY MARY AUSTIN HOLLEY
THIS WAS PAINTED BY AN EARLY TEXAN, CARL G
