Significance Of Uncle Sam

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Similar material painted around this time in 1817 was John Trumbull's oil canvas “Declaration of Independence,” located in the United States Capitol Rotunda. ii Gilbert Stuart was a renowned artist who was known for capturing the inner character, which he believed was reflected in their physical features. He believed Washington features indicated a man with great passion.i The George Washington portrait brought Gilbert Stuart fame. This period in time a person like George Washington would give the artist more sitters.iii In addition, reproducing this portrait gave Stuart more money, either painting it with his own two hands or having

During World War II, propaganda was used for a number of reasons, it not only showed how anyond could be of use to the war efforts, but it also showed that every person could contribute as well. These posters empowered everyone to stand behind their nation's Army, and to continue contributing to the war efforts. The posters showed that everyone is needed, that anyone could make a difference, and some even emphasized certain values to those who are already helping with the war effort.

During World War II propaganda posters where used to influence many peoples value, beliefs and behavior. The use of propaganda had a huge impact on the allied and axis power during this time. Both enemy’s used posters to get support from there government and families back home. Creating these posters encouraged people to save their materials so that most of the weapons could be used during the war. Propaganda it was a smart way to get people to degrade the enemy. Furthermore it was a great financial investment for America and its allies during the war. The poster I will address are what I found to be the most interesting and significant during this time.

Dread Scott definitely created a lot of controversy between people throughout the United States with his artwork “What is the Proper Way to Display a Flag.” People started communicating and discussing the artwork with one another. This definitely evoked a lot of people negatively. Americans were very upset to see this art displayed in a public museum. People starting discussing whether or not it was right to have the flag disrespected in this way. President Bush did not approve of the artwork at all saying that it was “disgraceful” and made him worry about the idea of freedom of speech (Scott, n.d.). This artwork inspired the government to outlaw “displaying the flag of the United States on the floor or ground.” (Scott, n.d.).

During the 1920’s a series of events were set into motion that plunged America into one of the worst time of its existence come 1929 and later the Great Depression. Through the challenges America faced, it arose to become the world’s strongest leading economical and political superpower. As the country began to emerge stronger than ever, leaders arose to the occasion and aided its progression as a world power. One such leader was be Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Due to his actions, the memory of him was preserved in the form of political cartoons for individuals to view and come to the conclusion that despite some ill feelings toward the man, he was a man of noble character who aided America in achieving greatness.

The United States Food Administration was clever with the poster, “Save the Wheat for our Soldiers”, which made this poster more effective. It uses a picture of a child, which would be plain folks technique. It makes you perceive if a child could do this, you could too. Bandwagon would be the next technique.

I do not believe that these two posters display the reason for war in that same manner. Rockwell’s image was more figurative and showed the nation that we were fighting to protect the freedoms that the United States offered. On the other hand, the image by Lawrence Smith was more literal using contrasting symbols such as a swastika and the American flag. This image show direct correlation with the hate and fear of the German people.

     Another vague subject of patriotism brought up in times of war is the iconography. In America the most commonly known icon of patriotism is the American flag. Unfortunately, what the flag represents is ambiguous and unclear to most people. Kingsolver pleads, “We desperately need a new iconography of patriotism” (Pg. 2). When examining why she says this we should look at what other people believe the flag represents. Some, traditionally conservative or republican, feel the flag is a physical representation of supporting their country. An abundance of flags are often seen during times of war or tragedy. Flags signify peoples care, concern, or support for what is going on. The absence of an American flag can often result in persecution. People who do not openly display their so called patriotism are often

This paper will analyze the WWII era poster published and posted in 1943 by the Office of War Information, titled “1778, 1943 Americans will always fight for liberty.” Like so many propaganda posters of the era, it shows American soldiers and includes the message, “Americans will always fight for liberty.”

I remember this one time when I was in fourth grade, my class was learning about The Revolutionary War and I remember seeing these cool markings all over the map telling me where the all battles were. Not just for school and history but in everyday life we all saw Symbols. Whether he represented that McDonalds you were looking for, a camp site, or was that yellow brick road for Dorothy's map which wasn't

using water colors and oils, and did excellent pen and ink drawings. He began to make a name for

Dear Uncle Sam, written by Loretta Lynn is one of the various anti-war movement songs to come out during the Vietnam war. Music was a popular way to protest the war during this era. Through lyrics and sounds all the artist were able to express what one felt for this tragic event. Released in January 1966 Loretta Lynn speaks about a husband sent off to war, and the feelings of grief when the husband is killed. She was very indecisive of speaking on the topic, but influenced by her husband she was able to share this beautiful country song. Listening to the song various times I have been able to understand part of the grief that wife’s, mothers and family members felt when being told there love one had passed away.

Many artist believed George Washington had the look of power and control, so they would paint, sketch or sculpt images of him to create that “powerful” setting. For example, Emanuel Leutze in 1851,

He is wearing a forest green coat with double buttons all the way down. He is wearing a long sleeve crème color shirt that is only seen on the collar and the cuffs. He is pointing towards the boy and the father with one hand and holding the bottom of the curtain with the other hand. The curtain has decorated edges with small red balls hanging by a thread that resemble small red cherries. The frame surrounding the whole image is a light brown with stars a couple inches apart. The frame looks like a brown boarder made out of wood. George Washington is painted in a way that makes him seen bigger and clearer creating an illusion that he was outside the actual