Different and had very different background stories. Return of the 69th irish regiment, a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation, the lincoln family by carpenter, victor nailings painting, and up soda for, and an episode of war, and some prison art. Lets look at the relationship between more and art, harold. Does war stimulate arts in america, and did art change the romantic image of war . Harold i think both. Good evening, thanks for having me back. Emphasis ofGreat American painting to the civil war was probably landscape painting. Portrait caricatures took on a martial air with all the military heroes who were pretrade. Many to the field, like the soldier artists, artists like Winslow Homer went to the field to do sketches for the weekly newspapers and evolved into very successful artists. In terms of what it did to landscaping, it totally revolutionized the romantic attitude artists had toward this socalled american eden, the pristine landscape of the americas.
Members of World Affairs i want to welcome the viewers from cspan and members of World Affairs councils from across the country. I think you are going to especially enjoy todays conversation with Jia Lynn Yang, the author of a new book, a mighty and irresistible tide, the epic struggle over American Immigration. The nation continues to be a nation that welcomes immigrants on one hand and then turns some away dependent on the shifting political mode. Today is laura collins, director of the Bush Institute Economic Growth initiative based here in dallas at the george w. Bush institute. Todays program is sponsored by Paige Hendricks of public relations. I hope you will purchase a copy of jias book. You can purchase a book that interrabankbooks. Com and you can get a 10 discount if you type in the discount code. I hope you will support the bookstore. I want to tell you a little bit about Jia Lynn Yang, Deputy Editor at the new york times. She has been there about three years, joined in sept