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Technological Impact Exposed In American Progress

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The famous painting, American Progress, is a visual representation of the disregard of traditional societies by advanced societies. The painting shows an angel stringing power lines through a bright, exaggerated area of the painting going from right to left. Following the angel are other American technological advancements such as trains and carriages, that the land previously did not have while occupied by native Americans. This side of the painting is clearly the focus and depicts the event as very positive. But towards the far left of the painting, it shifts to a much darker view. The left side shows Native Americans, along with animals and other things native to the land being driven away. The ideas of technological impact depicted in this

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