University of Massachusetts Press
Art During Wartime : Painting Everyday Life in the Civil War North
Product Code:
9781625348029
ISBN13:
9781625348029
Condition:
New
$111.41
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.
| Author: Vanessa Meikle Schulman |
| Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press |
| Publication Date: Aug 26, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1625348029 |
| ISBN-13: 9781625348029 |
Art During Wartime : Painting Everyday Life in the Civil War North
$111.41
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.
| Author: Vanessa Meikle Schulman |
| Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press |
| Publication Date: Aug 26, 2024 |
| Number of Pages: NA pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
| ISBN-10: 1625348029 |
| ISBN-13: 9781625348029 |
Related Products
Sale 12%
Intell World Publishers
The Art Of War: Teachings For Use In Politics, Business And Everyday Life
$12.97
$11.35
Independently Published
David Dixon Porter: The Life and Legacy of the Distinguished Union Rear Admiral during the Civil War
$11.51
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Hemingway in Wartime England: His Life & Times as a War Correspondent
$12.63