Article Analysis : Harper 's Weekly And It 's Made Out Of A Wood Carving

In Alexander Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, the haunting image “Harvest of Death” catches one’s eye with the seemingly endless field of corpses. The jarring facial expression on the figure in the foreground draws one into the narrative of the piece. However, our initial understanding of the image’s narrative is limited to what we can see and what we know of the circumstances surrounding it. While we know it was taken during the American Civil War, by simply looking at the photograph, we cannot know who is depicted. In black and white, it is difficult to even tell what side of the conflict these fallen soldiers fought for. We can interpret the image for our own readings, but we cannot tell what the artist intended us to see or what message he wanted to impart with it. These unknowns, however, are addressed in the related text associated with the image. These short passages can tell us a great deal about the photographer’s intentions and influence the way we read the image. Through the excerpt, we not only learn the intended meaning of the photography, but we also learn about Gardner’s political intentions and the key points he wanted his viewers to note within the image. Published as a pair, Gardner used his text to contextualize his images and inform the way we perceive them. This is clearly illustrated in “A Harvest of Death” and its accompanying passage.

The battle flag of the Confederacy often referred to as the “rebel cross” was held in varying opinions through out Horwitz’s journey throughout the South. The dualistic nature of the flag was caught between two very distinct and different opinions of what it represented. The first being the view of pride in the ancestors who fought for their

On July 4, 1865 in Savannah, Georgia, the 22nd Iowa mustered out of federal service after a reading of the Declaration of Independence and Emancipation Proclamation. That afternoon, in the aftermath of this explicitly patriotic commemoration of the new improved United States: the encapsulation of the Republican ideal of the conflict as a struggle to reassert the promise of the Revolution, Taylor Peirce, the fervent abolitionist, watched as a mob of townspeople and drunken Union soldiers, some of them perhaps his own comrades, assault the city’s black fire brigade as it paraded in celebration of the nation’s triumph. Once hopeful for his dream of a new South,

Identify the document--what type of document is it (i.e. a letter, a newspaper article, etc.) and what year was it created?

In order to look into the lives of the U.S. citizens during the Civil War I decided to look into the first week from April 12, 1861 to April 18, 1861 of the New York Times. I looked into this week of articles to see how the New York Times covered the outbreak of the war and the people’s response to it. Some of the main war events covered were: call for Union to relinquish command of Fort Sumter and first shots of the war, reaction to the surrender of Fort Sumter, Lincoln’s Proclamation to add seventy-five thousand volunteers to the war efforts, possible attacks on Fort Pickens, and the Confederate reaction to Lincoln’s Proclamation. During this week, the north was obviously nervous and scared yet felt they would win as well as confused as to why the war was happening at all.

The two images depict how southern whites found various techniques to ensure that blacks could not vote (Doc C). The democrats understood that African American voters would hinder their ability to regain control of Southern politics and would side with the northern republicans, so they created literacy test to deny suffrage and disenfranchise southern blacks. In addition, a petition from Freedmen on March 25, 1871 explicates how Blacks were being mistreated by the KKK (Doc D). Indeed, Freedmen wrote this petition to Congress because it mostly consists of Republicans, and they believed that republicans would be able to create a law that protects them from the KKK’s atrocious acts. Also, a cartoon that appeared in Harper’s weekly delineates the harsh conditions endured by Blacks in the South (Doc F). The purpose of the image is to shine light upon horrendous acts of white supremacy groups such as the KKK so that these acts of violence could be acknowledged and eliminated. Clearly, reconstruction had a lot more downs than up as Southerners acted to limit Blacks’

This print was from 1898, and it is from after the Civil War. This printing shows past military victories. This painting represents the American naval forces that helped during the Spanish American war. One of the vessels in the print is called Iowa. Iowa was one of the most expensive ships at the time and one of the most modern ships at the time. This print “Our Victorious Fleet In Cuban Waters” shows past military victories, one of the most modern and expensive ships at the time, and how the strength of the navy was increasing after the Civil War during the 19th century. (Our Victorious Fleet In Cuban Waters Currier and Ives, Library of

The history of this angel statue is as interesting as the stories that surround it. After the Civil War,

In the short story “Shiloh”, written by Bobbie Ann Mason, symbolism is widely used. The story has several different messages behind the symbols used throughout the story. The log cabin, the Civil War battle of Shiloh, the dust ruffle and a flock of birds are all similes used to foreshadow and help readers further understand. Although the symbols have different messages, they all tie together to produce the conclusion of the whole story.

The success of these images would not have been possible if it were not for the artists. An example of one of theses artists is Rex Woods. Woods studied at the Ontario College of Art and regularly made covers for popular magazines such a Maclean’s and Canadian Home Journal. During World War II, Canadian Home Journal featured one of his works that depicted the mood the of the war. Woods’ work showcased an advertisement for the Victory Bonds and it includes many aspects of the typical World War II poster. The image shows a clear sense of urgency and shows the hardships that the Canadian soldiers are going through. One can also see the colour contrast between the figures and the background since the colours on the foreground are muted greens and blues, whereas the background is a rich, red Ontario flag. This contrast brings focus the background of the flag, which reinforces the idea of tapping into the values and beliefs of patriotism. There is also a sense of victory in this image because the soldier in focus has a light shone onto him, which symbolizes the “light at the end of the tunnel”/victory for the Canadian troops. The overall composition of the piece is quite powerful as well because the main soldier in focus is seen grabbing a gun from a woman machinist (judging by her uniform) before heading off into war. The bodies of both figures show power because the woman does her part as a Canadian citizen by helping the soldier and the man is in a stance where he is about the head into combat. Body plays an important role in this piece because it portrays the political message of asking Canadians to help soldiers in the war. The stances the figures have show courage and some fear, which helps show viewers the bravery and patriotism the soldiers have to protect their land, which persuades an

Painters enormously manipulated the truth in their portraits they painted since they aimed to present a specific meaning or feeling to their observers. One of the results, paintings of America`s wars especially before the Civil War had a

Have you ever thought about what people back in the day read in their spare time since we all just immediately get on our phones? I compared and contrasted the August 2015 Time magazine, and the June 4th 1864 edition of Harper’s Weekly. I have come to the realization that when people say times have changed, they are not kidding. It is crazy to read in between the lines and see how Americans lived over 150 years ago. The way things are placed and discussed are very different in both Harper’s Weekly and Time Magazine, but the two are similar in some ways also.

There was a lithograph by Samuel Rowse that was published to help raise funds to produce Henry's antislavery panorama. One of three known originals is preserved in Richmond.

The exhibit contained upwards of 20 photographs and at least 60 paintings. One of the most agreeable things about the works of art that I witnessed is that collectively, they assisted in recounting the sentiment that gripped the country during the war that threatened to sunder it. One could almost feel the initial enthusiasm as the war broke out, that was swiftly prolonged by numerous clashes over a period of years. There were works that alluded to an impending war, ones that depicted that war, and numerous ones that hinted at a hoped for ending in which the mightiness of the country would someday be restored.

The United States and Canadian magazine dispute was a reaction to the U.S. company Time Warner’s circumvention of Canada’s outdated trade laws. In 1965, Canadian tariff code 9958 was created to prohibit the physical importation of foreign split-run periodicals and magazines (Thomas, 1998). As satellite technology was introduced into the world of publication, in 1993, the U.S. company Time Warner was able to send the contents electronically via satellite across the border to a Canadian printer. Time Warner began printing split-run Canadian Sports Illustrated issues. While the electronic border crossing was against the spirit of the 9958 Canadian tariff code, the wording did not prohibit the new technology. Instead of amending tariff code 9958, the Canadian government, in 1995, used Bill C-103 to set an 80% tax on split-run advertisements; thereby, ending split-run publications (Thomas, 1998). The Canadian government was primarily focused on protecting its small market domestic publications. The 80% tax from Bill C-103 was not intended to create revenue; instead, it was an extreme preventative measure to prevent the proliferation of foreign publications. The Canadian government was also reacting to the sneaky methods used by Time Warner to print split-run magazines in Canada via satellite communication and circumvent the spirit of the tariff codes that govern imports. Had Time Warner approached Canada with information about trends in communication, perhaps the World Trade