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    The self taught, revered scientists, extensive naturalist and all around jack of all trades Charles Willson Peale was thought of like a true Renaissance man. All of his artistic talent and knowledge he passed on to his many sons. Being friends with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Peale promoted artistic development and public art. In his artwork, he captured the realness and vivacity of life. The similarities between Peale and his American contemporaries can be seen when

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    built or rebuilt over time. An object or a portrait can easily be examined by historians so that they can know why people from the past use them for, and that how it showed whether the family was from the elite class or middle class. The “John Singleton Copley, Portrait of a Boy, c. 1758-1760” shows that children had toys to play with especially if their parents were wealthy, based on the surroundings of the portrait. Based from the portrait it can be assumed that the little boy was playing badminton

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    The Raft of the Medusa depicts the minute when, following thirteen days drifting on the raft, the remainder of the fifteen survivors see a ship drawing nearer from a distance. Nau of these people that a pictured surviving on the raft were most likely cannibals. Cannibalism was the only way that the survivors were successful. Per an early British analyst, the work is set at a minute when "the ruin of the raft may be said to be complete". The depiction is very large, so that the greater part of the

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    Samuel F.B Morse Before the time of instant messaging and radios people used a telegraph to send messages across long distances. Samuel F.B. Morse an inventor and artist invented the telegraph and Morse code. His life can be divided up three parts, the boy, the artist and the inventor. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791 in Charlestown Massachusetts. His parents were Jedidiah (who was a minister and a geography teacher) and Elizabeth Morse. Samuel Morse was the oldest

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    “Art is a product of its time. It is a result of the social, political, and religious context in which it was made” (Cruz). For the aforementioned reason, it is imperative to take into consideration the culture, time period, and the gender of the artist because those individualities have a major influence on the depiction of the women in art. For example, gender is a cultural classification, hence, various artists might have portrayed the identity of the female in a different way. Moreover, gender

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    president, George Washington, including the well-known George Washington Before the Battle of Princeton (1781). He also depicted such notable citizens as Benjamin Franklin (1706-90), painted in 1789; Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), painted in 1791; and John Adams (1735-1826), painted around 1791-94. Peale’s portraits were exhibited at his Philadelphia museum, making an important statement of national pride. Most later became part of the collection of Independence National Historical

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    jump-start they needed. Schools and Colleges Know: Latin and Greek 10. What kind of education could a young person expect in colonial times? Learning theology and “dead languages”. A Provincial Culture Know: John Trumbull, Charles Wilson Peale, Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, Benjamin Franklin 11. Did Americans distinguish themselves in the arts during the colonial period? Explain. Not really – they were still heavily influenced by Britain in this area. Most had to go to England to

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    American art, and its countless mediums, evolved equally with the capitalist country. This is a visual medium and a form of self-expression, where an artists is free to turn a canvas into anything he or she would like. They are not bound by grammar, words or other aspects of written communication and could freely As the old saying goes, "A picture is worth a thousand words”; and in America, their work served as mirrors of the social and political climate. The many painters, architects, and photographers

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    just in London but at home as well. The colonists associated it with luxury and, especially, inherited aristocracy, which they condemned.[10] The Founding Fathers were strong advocates of republican values, particularly Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Washington, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton,[11] which required men to put civic duty ahead of their personal desires. Men had a civic duty to be prepared and willing to

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    and cityscape painting popular in 18th-century Venice known as a(n) ________. For 1 Point Enlarge Image Your Answer: A) veduta Correct: 1 point 5) Watteau was a great admirer of Rubens 's style. For 1 Point Your Answer: True Correct: 1 point 6) John Singleton

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