The Civil War and After: Freedom Sculpture
Harriet Hosmer, Zenobia in Chains 1859 (p.218)
Edmonia Lewis, Forever Free1867 (p.218)
Thomas Ball, Freedmenís Memorial to Abraham Lincoln(Emancipation Monument) 1876 (p.221)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th regiment 1897 (p.223)
What difficulties in representing black Americans did each artistís chosen medium (stone, bronze) pose for their depiction?
How does each present black figures? How do they compare with earlier images?