IV: Building the “Enlightened” Republic, Part 2 (c.1776-1791) -- Visual Arts & Architecture
West’s Heir: John Singleton Copley
Copley on relationships: conventional or Enlightenment ideal
Odd man out: Copley’s ambiguous masterpiece
The nation at home: Neoclassical Home Style
Building an Identity: The Image-Cult of George Washington
Painting: Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) Helped bridge Washington’s identity-shift from soldier to statesman
Compare/contrast: creating a figurehead
“Washington” evolves over time: the Peales
Washington gets stoned: different views
Leap into the future: Washington iconography in the 20th Century
“Building the ‘Enlightened’ Republic (Part 2)” themes, terms, concepts, artists
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