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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 bo...

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. Po...

Now, modern Major Generals. Some have commented about our use of the civil war and using 50 objects while the emotional history seen through objects takes in the totality of the context of the war, it doesnt really consider the military history or sequence of battle. Harold, what do you think about that . Well, its a fair enough comment mtd ogs k comment. Of course, the objects were discussing are all somewhat related to new yorks history. So its related to the soldiers who served, the leaders w...

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 e...

Screen at any time during the talk. We will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. And now, modern Major Generals. Some of our viewers have commented on our approach to the civil war and using 50 objects that while the multilayered social and political history seen through objects takes in the totality of the context of the war, it doesnt really consider the military history or the sequence of the battle. Harold, what do you think about that . Its a fair enough comm...

Conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the passed. This idea inspired Harold Holzer book, the civil war in 50 objects. The objects which were taken from the New York Historical society. This evening, we will be looking at five objects from the book and related Exhibition Group surrounding the theme of art of war. So these works are all very different and have very different background stories. We have the return o...

The civil war and using 50 objects, while the multi layered and political history, takes in the totality context of the war, it does not consider the history, or sequence of battle. Harold what do you think about that . Well it is a fair enough comment of course the objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history so it relates to the soldiers who served the leaders who helped or hindered the union war effort, and along the way here, over these last few weeks weve t...

Altered forever. That an old order is dying in a new one is being born. That moment comes sooner for some, and for others it comes later. For some, the moment arrives when a deed of a new dimension sets are apart. For others, when familiar words are spoken more sharply. Later, but still suddenly it seems, men are saying things in doing things that have never said or done before. Then we know we are experiencing a revolution. But we cannot say, although historians will try when it began. We know ...

This was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced exhibit about the decision to drop the bomb and the consequences of the atomic bombing. This was the 50th anniversary. I decidedst of that, with one of my students who whose mother and grandmother survived the bombing, and her grandfather died my we decided to was going to do Something Special to commemorate the 50th anniversary. Plus, bring students to kyoto and hiroshima. While we were planning this, the smithsonian exhibit go...

The institute was born in the midst of the controversy around gayin only enola exhibit, which was going to be held at the air and space museum at the Smithsonian Institution but it got canceled. This was an attempt by the smithsonian to do an honest and balanced exhibit about the decision to drop the bomb and the consequences of the atomic bombing. This was in 1995, the 50th anniversary. In the midst of that, i decided with one of my students whose grandmother and mother survived the atomic bomb...