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Richard Caton Woodville. Old '76 and young '48. 1850
-genre
-upper middle class
-young is injured military from mexican war
-old is military vet from revolutionary war
-artist has amiguous stance |
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Richard Caton Woodville. War News From New Mexico. 1850
-very popular painting distributed in print
-all different characters, theatrical look
-women and black family pushed aside
-prominence of penny press |
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Emanuel Leutze. Westward the Course of Empire Takes it Way (Westward Ho!). 1860
-celebration of manifest destiny
-painted during civil war
-everyone headed in one direction
-Blacks added after study
-made in D.C. where slaves were emancipated |
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| John Lewis Krimmel. Quilting Frolic. 1810 -richly detailed -burgeoning middle class -stereotypes in painting, belief they are savages |
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Nathaniel Jocelyn. Cinque. 1840
-Cinque was captured slave who led rebellion
-Supreme Court ruled they were illegally detained
-They tour anti-slavery conferences
-Jocelyn was abolishionist
-Cinque was "atractive, good body" "intelligent"
-barely any reference towards africa, except sugar cane |
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Robert S. Duncanson. Uncle Tom and Little Eva. 1850
-from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Beecher Stow
-mostly a landscape painter
-Uncle Tom believed to be selling out to whites
-Theme is salvation for little eva and all slaves
-Patron is white reverend from church |
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John Rogers. Slave Auction. 1860
-tiny mass produced statue
-general public liked it and it sold alot
-family torn apart, reaches out to all races |
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Eastman Johnson. Negro Life in the South (Kentucky Home). 1860
-different characters, flirty, musicians
-white figure checking in on slaves |
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Eastman Johnson. A Ride for Liberty: The Fugitive Slave. c. 1860
-did lincoln free slaves or did they free themselves
-conflict, freedom, injustice
-a means of controlling own destiny
-family on run, romantic, hazy, strong figures
-womans are not specifically black features |
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Theodor Kaufmann. On to Liberty. 1870
-was a union soldier
-they dont have a clear path to go, its not easy
-red beads are African attire
-dangerous far away freedom |
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