Art during wartime : painting everyday life in the Civil War North / Vanessa Meikle Schulman.

Author
Schulman, Vanessa Meikle, 1981- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2024]
Description
xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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"While the Civil War raged on, many northern artists depicted everyday life rather than grand battles or landscapes of noble sacrifice. Amidst a conflict that was upending antebellum social norms, these artists created realistic scenes of mundane events, known as genre paintings. While many of the paintings seem merely to show everyday incidents, Vanessa Meikle Schulman argues that artists connected the visuals to larger concerns. With attention to how the war shaped new definitions of gender, race, and disability, Art during Wartime uncovers the complexity of these genre paintings. Schulman uses seven case studies of prominent and lesser-known artists who explored how the war instigated social change and shaped northern opinions about current events, including George Cochran Lambdin, Vincent Colyer, and Eastman Johnson. Utilizing detailed visual analysis and extensive historical research, Art during Wartime reframes our narrative of Civil War visual culture, placing genre painting in a central ideological role"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Navigating public and private : Thomas Hicks, The home guard, 1863
  • Masculine sentiments : George Cochran Lambdin, The consecration, 1861, 1865
  • Christmas and the absent father : Louis Lang, Trimming the Christmas tree, 1865
  • The emancipation movement : Vincent Colyer, The contraband, 1862
  • Securing the black franchise : Thomas Waterman Wood, American citizens, 1867
  • The economy of disability : Eastman Johnson, The pension claim agent, 1867
  • Conclusion. When the war was over : Joseph W. John, Harvest home, 1867.
ISBN
  • 9781625348012 (paperback)
  • 1625348010 (paperback)
  • 9781625348029 (hardcover)
  • 1625348029 (hardcover)
LCCN
2023046519
OCLC
1405366042
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