Art During Wartime
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19th century American art
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American genre painting research
American realism in art
art and historical consciousness
art and national identity
art as historical evidence
art reflecting public opinion
art reflecting social transformation
artistic innovation in turbulent times
artistic responses to conflict
artists confronting upheaval
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Civil War era aesthetics
Civil War visual culture
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cultural history through images
cultural responses to civil conflict
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depictions of daily life
disability in visual culture
Eastman Johnson scholarship
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everyday life in painting
gender roles in artwork
genre painting significance
George Cochran Lambdin studies
ideological impact of paintings
influence of war on creativity
intersection of art and politics
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material culture of the Union North
northern art history
ordinary people in art
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painting as social commentary
political meaning in painting
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race and representation in art
reinterpretation of northern art
rethinking Civil War art canon
scholarly analysis of 19th century art
social change in visual media
social history through painting
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symbolic meaning in domestic scenes
Vincent Colyer analysis
visual analysis of realism
visual culture of everyday life
visual narratives of resilience
visual storytelling of society
wartime cultural expression
wartime depictions beyond battlefields
Product details
- ISBN 9781625348029
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2024
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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While the Civil War raged on, many northern artists depicted everyday life rather than grand battles or landscapes of noble sacrifice. Amidst a conflict that was upending antebellum social norms, these artists created realistic scenes of mundane events, known as genre paintings. While many of the paintings seem merely to show everyday incidents, Vanessa Meikle Schulman argues that artists connected the visuals to larger concerns.
With attention to how the war shaped new definitions of gender, race, and disability, Art during Wartime uncovers the complexity of these genre paintings. Schulman uses seven case studies of prominent and lesser-known artists who explored how the war instigated social change and shaped northern opinions about current events, including George Cochran Lambdin, Vincent Colyer, and Eastman Johnson. Utilizing detailed visual analysis and extensive historical research, Art during Wartime reframes our narrative of Civil War visual culture, placing genre painting in a central ideological role.
Vanessa Meikle Shulman is associate professor of history and art history at George Mason University.
