How art captured the American Civil War on the battlefield and at home
In short: This lecture explores how artists documented the American Civil War, examining the visual distinction between scenes from the front lines and the experiences of those on the home front.
Presented by H. Barbara Weinberg, the Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at The Met, this session investigates the artistic representation of the American Civil War. The discussion, held alongside Jeff Rosenheim, examines how paintings captured both the direct realities of the battlefront and the domestic atmosphere of the home front during this period.
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