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Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution Through Painters' Eyes
By Staiti, Paul
- ISBN
- 9781632864659 9781632864673
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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Starred Review on June 15, 2016 | Social Sciences
Staiti (fine arts, Mount Holyoke Univ.) offers an excellent look at an understudied topic: how the art world viewed the American Revolution. This rich narrative focuses on the lives of painters Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin West, John Trumbull, and John Singleton Copley along with portraitist Gilbert Stuart. (Stuart's rendering of George Washington appears on the $1 bill.) Each lived through the Americ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
