Irish regiment. , a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation, the lincoln family by Francis Bicknell carpenter, victor nehligs painting, an episode of war, and some prison art. Lets look at the relationship between war 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. I think the great emphasis of american painting to the civil war was probably landscape painting. Portrait caricatures took on a martial air with all the military heroes who were portrayed. But it sent 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. But 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. The landscape was ravaged by gunfire, and the
And how it changed in the following years. He also talks about the difference in subject matter and composition between brady and other photographers at the time. This hourlong event was part of the lincoln forums annual similar symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here again. Our first speaker this morning robert wilson, the author of a new wellreceived book on Matthew Brady. Mr. Wilson has written for many prominent newspapers and journals and held editorial posts at many of those same institutions. Hes currently editor of the american scholar. Hes written two previous books as well as a certain somewhere writers on the place they remember. Hell be talking about Matthew Brady today. Brady is an interesting character. Weve all looked at dozens, probably hundreds of bradys photographs. I suspect many of you join me having not known much about Matthew Brady, the man himself who took much of these photographs. He not only captured history b