Up next, mark maloy describes the events of 1861 when federal guns opened fire on ft. Sumpter. Welcome back to the emerging civilian virtual symposium. Our next speaker today comes to us from our sister site, emerging revolutionary war. Mark is a historian with the National Park service and hes, like, what can i do thats revolutionary war . Im like, this is the civil war. Hes like whoa. We decided we would let him talk about ft. Sumpter because its as close we can get to the war. Mark is a delightful historian. I wish i could get him to laugh on queue. His most distinctive feature is his laugh. Were delighted to have him to come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at ft. Sumpter. Mark . Thank you very much for that introduction, chris. And its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We love to have had done it in person, but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it, as well. But yeah, as chris mentio
And this program, they to scouts hurt created before and after the war including paintings of Abraham Lincoln, the irish brigade, and battle scenes. This conversation took place on line and the New York Historic Society provided the video. We are continuing our conversation that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the passed. This idea inspired your book, the civil war in 50 objects. This evening, we will be looking at five objects from the book and related exhibition grouped around the theme of the art of war. These works are all very different and have very different background stories. We have the return of the 69th irish regiment, a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation, the lincoln family by carpenter, victors painting an episode of war, as well as some prison art. First, lets look at the relationship between war and art, harold. Did war stimulate art in america . Did our change the romantic image of war .
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
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Lincoln, the irish brigade and battle scenes. This conversation took place online and the New York Historical association provided the video. So, were continuing our conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the past. This idea inspired Harold Holzers book. The objects of which were taken from the collection of the New York Historical society. This evening, well be look iin at five objects from the book and related exhibition grouped around the theme of the art of war. So these works are very different and have different background stories. We have the return of the 69th irish regiment caricature of lincoln riding the emancipation patriotically informati proclamation. Victors painting an episode of war and some prison art. Lets look at the relationship between war and art. Did war stimulate art in america and did art change romantic image of war . I think both, valerie, and good evening. Thanks for having m