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And this program, they to scouts hurt created before and after the war including paintings of Abraham Lincoln, the irish brigade, and battle scenes. This conversation took place on line and the New York Historic Society provided the video. We are continuing our conversation that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the passed. This idea inspired your book, the civil war in 50 objects. This evening, we will be looking at five objects from the book and related exhibition grouped around the theme of the art of war. These works are all very different and have very different background stories. We have the return of the 69th irish regiment, a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation, the lincoln family by carpenter, victors painting an episode of war, as well as some prison art. First, lets look at the relationship between war and art, harold. Did war stimulate art in america . Did our change the romantic image of war .
Irish regiment. , a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation, the lincoln family by Francis Bicknell carpenter, victor nehligs painting, an episode of war, and some prison art. Lets look at the relationship between war and art, harold. Does war stimulate arts in america, and did art change the romantic image of war . Harold i think both. Good evening. Thanks for having me back. I think the great emphasis of american painting to the civil war was probably landscape painting. Portrait caricatures took on a martial air with all the military heroes who were portrayed. But it sent many to the field, like the soldier artists. Artists like Winslow Homer went to the field to do sketches for the weekly newspapers and evolved into very successful artists. But in terms of what it did to landscaping, it totally revolutionized the romantic attitude artists had toward this socalled american eden, the pristine landscape of the americas. The landscape was ravaged by gunfire, and the
And he didnt and he didnt. Less move on to our next artistic work. This is an etching by ladelbert work in 1963. Were in the second year where of the civil war. Its getting difficult to circulate battlefield heroes or triumphs and thats for one practical reason, most of the abledbodied artists were fighting in the war as soldiers. So this is an interesting thing to concept as far as sculptural monuments, there were none done at the time of the civil war, no artistic works. Tell us about the artist who created this etching. Hes also an american borne in bulgaria. Unlike most of the germans that came to the United States after the revolutions of the 1840 failed, he was an racist, not antislavery man. He settled in baltimore. The surroundings and environment make the man in a way. He was a dentist by trade and was obviously a very gifted draftsman. And he made these series of antiunion pro confederate etchings throughout the civil war and published them secretly with a fake london copyrig
Lincoln, the irish brigade and battle scenes. This conversation took place online and the New York Historical association provided the video. So, were continuing our conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the past. This idea inspired Harold Holzers book. The objects of which were taken from the collection of the New York Historical society. This evening, well be look iin at five objects from the book and related exhibition grouped around the theme of the art of war. So these works are very different and have different background stories. We have the return of the 69th irish regiment caricature of lincoln riding the emancipation patriotically informati proclamation. Victors painting an episode of war and some prison art. Lets look at the relationship between war and art. Did war stimulate art in america and did art change romantic image of war . I think both, valerie, and good evening. Thanks for having m