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Art during wartime : painting everyday life in the Civil War North / Vanessa Meikle Schulman.
Author
Schulman, Vanessa Meikle, 1981-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2024]
Description
xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Details
Subject(s)
Genre painting, American
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19th century
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Art and society
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United States
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History
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19th century
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United States
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History
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Civil War, 1861-1865
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Art and the war
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Summary note
"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.
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ISBN
9781625348012 (paperback)
1625348010 (paperback)
9781625348029 (hardcover)
1625348029 (hardcover)
LCCN
2023046519
OCLC
1405366042
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