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Colonial and Revolutionary Art Making A New Nation, Part I

Colonial and Revolutionary Art Making A New Nation, Part I. American Studies William Fremd High School. Earliest Art in Colonial Life. Art should be considered an artifact of history, not as a document. Art was notably absent for the first 50-60 years of colonial life. Why?.

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Colonial and Revolutionary Art Making A New Nation, Part I

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  1. Colonial and Revolutionary ArtMaking A New Nation, Part I American Studies William Fremd High School

  2. Earliest Art in Colonial Life • Art should be considered an artifact of history, not as a document. • Art was notably absent for the first 50-60 years of colonial life. Why? Thomas Smith: Self-Portrait, 1680

  3. Limners • Someone who draws for a specific, private audience • Primary occupation was home decorating (furniture, etc.); portraiture was a sideline • Frequently anonymous (unsigned) Anonymous: The Mason Children, 1670 (attributed to the Freake painter)

  4. Anonymous: Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary, ca. 1670

  5. Anonymous: Anne Pollard

  6. Joshua Johnson: Portrait of Sea Captain John Murphy, 1810 Joshua Johnson was the first distinguished African-American painter.

  7. Ralph Earl: Roger Sherman

  8. I have so much land!!! Ralph Earl: Portrait of A Man with A Gun

  9. Sister-in -law Sister Wife Daughter Wealth Robert Feke: Sir Isaac Royall and Family

  10. John Hesselius: Charles Calvert and Colored Slave, 1761

  11. Justus Engelhardt Kuhn: Henry Darnall III as A Child

  12. 18th Century Painting • Drastic improvements in technique: depth, perception • Artists were more well trained. John Singleton Copley: Paul Revere

  13. John Singleton Copley: The Gore Children

  14. John Singleton Copley: Mr. and Mrs. Mifflin

  15. John Singleton Copley: Mrs. Seymour Fort

  16. John Singleton Copley: Boy and Squirrel

  17. How is this style different from the others we have seen so far? John Singleton Copley: Watson and the Shark

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