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American Art in the First 100

American Art in the First 100. By: Me’Shell Hellon & Aliya Tuia. Betsy Ross, U.S. Flag. First flag of the united states. Designed during American Revolution. Most historians think that it wasn't her, but most of the people accept it. GILBERT STUART, Lansdowne Portrait.

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American Art in the First 100

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  1. American Art in the First 100 By: Me’ShellHellon & AliyaTuia

  2. Betsy Ross, U.S. Flag • First flag of the united states. • Designed during American Revolution. • Most historians think that it wasn't her, but most of the people accept it.

  3. GILBERT STUART, Lansdowne Portrait • Commissioned in April 1796 by Senator William Bingham of Pennsylvania—one of the wealthiest men in the U.S. at the time—and his wife, Anne • Gift of appreciation to British Prime Minister, an American sympathizer • Washington at 64 years old renouncing a third term as U.S. President • Full of symbolism American and Roman

  4. GILBERT STUART, Athenaeum Portrait • 1796 • Unfinished • Originally for the Boston Library, they did acquire it after his death • When the president came to sit for the portrait, his newly acquired set of false teeth created a bulge around the mouth and distorted his jawline

  5. Greenough, George Washington • Make him look heroic. • Trying to look like Greek art. • Americans found it comical

  6. FREDERIC CHURCH, Twilight in the Wilderness • 1860 • An Iconic American painting • Inspired by the sheer vastness of the Americas • The eagle (American Power), crossed branches (Christianity), absence of humans (Frontier) • The blood red tide glooming almost foreshadowing the Civil War

  7. Photography and the Civil War • While there were photograph of other wars the Civil War was extensively photographed • Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, Timothy O'Sullivan • Stripped the Victorian-era Roman of warfare • Difficult and time consuming

  8. Winslow Homer, Veteran in a New Field • 1865 • Painted to mourn Lincoln • Union soldier working as a farmer because it was a common job, so it's relating to the people. • The scythe was representing the Grim Reaper. • "Havesting death.“ • Meant to have a balance of life and death

  9. GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY, Abraham Lincoln • 1869 • Depicts Lincoln alone and thoughtful • Pose taken from the painting done by Healy The Peacemakers • Lincoln's son considered it unrivaled

  10. Thomas Eakins the Gross Clinic • History of medicine • Start of surgery • Operation over amputation

  11. Dolley Madison • Saves a portrait of George Washington over personal belongings from british troops. • Has servants use a spyglass to see what was going on

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