Bicentennial american Art Scholarship really took off like a rocket but one of the things that happened as a result of the bicentennial i think is that we tended to look at historical events as benchmarks along the way nodes of progress as this great country developed, but there wasnt a lot of analytical work done on the effect of some of those events and unless you were working on an artist like Winslow Homer who directly engages with the civil war in general the war occurs as an event in a number of these artists lives. Its sometimes shows up directly in works, but most of the time not and as a result, theyre never really had been a deep Study And Understanding of what the war years did to american art in this country it its a parallel that holds and doesnt hold but i couldnt help as i was. Using about how to put this exhibition together that in the wake of 9 11. Look at what one day did to us as a country. You have a before a during and an after and we know that nothing is ever quit
Bicentennial i think is that we tended to look at historical events as benchmarks along the way nodes of progress as this great country developed, but there wasnt a lot of analytical work done on the effect of some of those events and unless you were working on an artist like Winslow Homer who directly engages with the civil war in general the war occurs as an event in a number of these artists lives. Its sometimes shows up directly in works, but most of the time not and as a result, theyre never really had been a deep Study And Understanding of what the war years did to american art in this country it its a parallel that holds and doesnt hold but i couldnt help as i was. Using about how to put this exhibition together that in the wake of 9 11. Look at what one day did to us as a country. You have a before a during and an after and we know that nothing is ever quite the same. We dont travel the same way. We dont look at each other the same way. We dont respond to events quite the same
Gestating for an awfully long time in the wake of the bicentennial american Art Scholarship really took off like a rocket but one of the things that happened as a result of the bicentennial i think is that we tended to look at historical events as benchmarks along the way nodes of progress as this great country developed, but there wasnt a lot of analytical work done on the effect of some of those events and unless you were working on an artist like Winslow Homer who directly engages with the civil war in general the war occurs as an event in a number of these artists lives. Its sometimes shows up directly in works, but most of the time not and as a result, theyre never really had been a deep Study And Understanding of what the war years did to american art in this country it its a parallel that holds and doesnt hold but i couldnt help as i was. Using about how to put this exhibition together that in the wake of 9 11. Look at what one day did to us as a country. You have a before a dur
Valerie paleo of the New York Historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. In this program, they discuss objects related to soldiers, uniforms, and accoutrements. This conversation took place online at the New York Historical society provided the video. So now, civil war fashion. This series has been investigating the power of objects to be emblematic of historical events and to help us understand the passed as a historian, i work alongside these treasures every day. Its my great privilege to use them in exhibitions, as well. But harold, lets talk to the audience about what the inspiration for our program is, the civil war in 50 objects. How can only 50 objects still such a sweeping story . As the cover shows, weve managed to marry media, message, tactile objects, images, but probably as you describe this is fashion, i will get you for that one. The hardest thing is to preserve, and you know better than most, textiles. The ob
Uniforms and acute ma. So, civil war fashion. This series has been investigating the power of objects to be emblem mattic of historical events. I work alongside these treasures every day and it is my great privilege to use them in exhibitions as well. But, harold, lets tell the audience a bit about the inspiration for the program, the book civil war in 50 objects. How can only 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . Well, as the cover shows, we managed to vary messages, tactile objects, images. Probably as you force us to describe this as civil war fashion ill get you for that later the hardest thing is to preserve the textiles. The objects were going to discuss today, some of them are really extraordinary in term of how theyve survived. Yeah, absolutely. And without further ado, lets get to our four things this evening. Right. We have uniform, military buttons, a foot locker, and a drum. Very interesting. Fashion . Maybe, maybe not. But an aggregate, they tell the story of uniform cou