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•The Last Race, Part of OkipaCeremony
•George Catlin, 1832
•A Multi figured scene set in a natural environment
•Rescued look of tribe before wiped out by smallpox
•Included in Catlin’s Indian gallery |
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•Mah-To-Tah-Pa
•George Catlin, 1832-34
•Affirmed conception of Indians being nobel savages
•Removed many of the chief’s threatening apparels
•Catlin felt it interfered with the grace of the figure |
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•Progress
•Asher B Durand, 1853
•Shows clear progress of civilization
•Wild Indians taking last look at the lands of their fathers
•“White mans resistless march of improvement” |
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•The Lackawanna Valley
•George Inness, 1855
•Man on hill overlooking developing city
•All trees cut down
•Appeal of progress vs preservation of nature |
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•Fur Traders Decending the Missouri
•George Caleb Bingham, 1840
•Calm atmosphere
•Taming of indigenous people and wildlife
•Shows tolerance towards interracial coupling |
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•The Jolly Flatboatman
•George Caleb Bingham, 1847
•Popular in east
•Depicts life in the west 20 years prior
•West proved solution to the labor problem |
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