"Examining the Artists of the Revolutionary Era" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Sep 2018 12:04 p.m. PST |
"One chilly December day in 1818, a skeptical John Adams entered Boston's Faneuil Hall to view a painting. In his opinion, artists who depicted grand historical scenes, such as the image he had come to see, often distorted the truth and in so doing "conspir'd against the Rights of Mankind." Adams did not report his reaction to this particular picture, but he almost certainly disapproved. The painting in question was John Trumbull's "The Declaration of Independence," which currently hangs in the rotunda of the United States Capitol…."
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robert piepenbrink  | 21 Sep 2018 12:31 p.m. PST |
Any time John Adams doesn't actually say anything bad about your work you're doing pretty well. His silence was harder to earn than most people's approval. |
| Tango01 | 22 Sep 2018 11:17 a.m. PST |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
