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Neh: Picturing America: Wood: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere [Pdf]
Analysis of Grant Woods's take on Paul Revere's ride to Lexington and Concord.
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Neh: Picturing America: Copley: Paul Revere [Pdf]
Analysis of Copley's famous portrait of Paul Revere.
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Neh: Picturing America: Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware [Pdf]
Analysis of one of the most well-known history paintings ever produced: Emanual Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware."
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Neh: Picturing America: N. C. Wyeth: Cover Illustration [Pdf]
Analysis of N. C. Wyeth's cover illustration for a 1919 edition of "The Last of the Mohicans" examines Wyeth's approach to representing a major character from the novel.
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Neh: Picturing America: Whistler: The Peacock Room [Pdf]
Analysis of a room that Whistler designed for a London-based client underscores his interest in aesthetics that go beyond the bounds of a single painting.
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Neh: Picturing America: Sargent: Portrait of a Boy [Pdf]
Analysis of this portrait of a mother and child by Sargent communicates many of the essential qualities of his work.
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Neh: Picturing America: Cole: The Oxbow [Pdf]
Analysis of Cole's famous landscape of a bow-shaped bend in a river conveys all the essential qualities that typify works by Hudson River school artists.
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Neh: Picturing America: Eakins: John Biglin in a Single Scull [Pdf]
Analysis of an Eakins work in watercolor on one of the artist's favorite themes: athletes in motion.
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Neh: Picturing America: Bierstadt: Looking Down Yosemite Valley [Pdf]
Information and analysis of a characteristic western landscape by Bierstadt communicates the essential qualities of his work.
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Neh: Picturing America: Black Hawk: Sans Arc Lakota Ledger Book [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of the drawings of Black Hawk, a Lakota spiritual leader who produced a series of drawings in the 1880s that document Lakota customs and ceremonies.
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Neh: Picturing America: Homer: Veteran in a New Field [Pdf]
Examination of a painting by Homer made shortly after the end of the Civil War communicates the deep, emotional attitudes of the artist about war's affect on the country and its future.
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Neh: Picturing America: Saint Gaudens: Robert Shaw Memorial [Pdf]
Analysis of a memorial sculpture dedicated to the 54th Massachusetts, the first regiment of African Americans recruited for service in the Union Army.
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Neh: Picturing America: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Quilts [Pdf]
Examples of quilts produced across two centuries puts particular emphasis on Crazy quilt patterning and on quilts produced by Amish quilters.
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Neh: Picturing America: State Capitol, Columbus, Ohio [Pdf]
Information about the design and construction of Ohio's capitol building.
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Neh: Picturing America: Bingham: The County Election [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of "The County Election," a well-known painting by Bingham of democracy in action in 1852 America.
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Neh: Picturing America: Cassatt: The Boating Party [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic mother-and-child composition by Cassatt communicate the essential qualities of her work.
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Neh: Picturing America: Hassam: Allies Day, May 1917 [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Childe Hassam.
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Neh: Picturing America: Hopper: House by the Railroad [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic composition by Edward Hopper.
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Neh: Picturing America: Van Alen: Chrysler Builder [Pdf]
Information about the design and construction of the Chrysler Building, an example of art deco architecture.
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Neh: Picturing America: Wright: Fallingwater [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of Fallingwater, one of Wright's best-known designs for a private residence.
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Neh: Picturing America: Sheeler: American Landscape [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic composition by Charles Sheeler.
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Neh: Picturing America: Stella: Brooklyn Bridge [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Joseph Stella.
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Neh: Picturing America: Lawrence: Migration Series, No. 57 [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work from Lawrence's "Migration Series."
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Neh: Picturing America: Rockwell: Freedom of Speech [Pdf]
Information about and analysis of a characteristic work by Norman Rockwell inspired by Franklin's state-of-the-union address delivered in 1941.