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Contents List of Illustrations xi Foreword xiii Introduction 1 1. Landscape Painting in the Nineteenth Century 9 Nineteenth-Century Views of New Haven and Its Sentinels 24 Gallery One, Views of New Haven from the Rocks 28 2. Topography and Geology of the New Haven Area 45 3. Silliman’s Conundrum: The Role of Basalt in the Geological Controversy between Neptunists and Plutonists 51 4. Tectonic Setting of New Haven’s Rocks 61 The Geology of West Rock, East Rock, Pine Rock and Mill Rock 68 West Rock 70 Gallery Two, West Rock Paintings 76 East Rock 92 Gallery Three, East Rock Paintings 96 Pine Rock and Mill Rock 112 5. The Judges Cave on West Rock 117 Gallery Four, Judges Cave Paintings 122 6. Thomas Cole’s Landmark in His Course of Empire Paintings 129 Appendix One: Minerals and Metals Associated with Connecticut Basalts 137 Appendix Two: Further Notes on the Artists and Their Art 140 Bibliography 145 Webliography 150 Geologic Glossary 152 Acknowledgments 155 ...