Author: Richard Brookhiser
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300259700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment John Trumbull (1756-1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand--he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and unprecedented political experiment. His purpose, he wrote, was "to preserve and diffuse the memory of the noblest series of actions which have ever presented themselves in the history of man." Although Trumbull's contemporaries viewed him as a painter, Trumbull thought of himself as a historian. Richard Brookhiser tells Trumbull's story of acclaim and recognition, a story complicated by provincialism, war, a messy personal life, and, ultimately, changing fashion. He shows how the artist's fifty-year project embodied the meaning of American exceptionalism and played a key role in defining the values of the new country. Trumbull depicted the story of self-rule in the modern world--a story as important and as contested today as it was 250 years ago.
Glorious Lessons
Author: Richard Brookhiser
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300259700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment John Trumbull (1756-1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand--he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and unprecedented political experiment. His purpose, he wrote, was "to preserve and diffuse the memory of the noblest series of actions which have ever presented themselves in the history of man." Although Trumbull's contemporaries viewed him as a painter, Trumbull thought of himself as a historian. Richard Brookhiser tells Trumbull's story of acclaim and recognition, a story complicated by provincialism, war, a messy personal life, and, ultimately, changing fashion. He shows how the artist's fifty-year project embodied the meaning of American exceptionalism and played a key role in defining the values of the new country. Trumbull depicted the story of self-rule in the modern world--a story as important and as contested today as it was 250 years ago.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300259700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
The complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America's founding moment John Trumbull (1756-1843) experienced the American Revolution firsthand--he served as aid to George Washington and Horatio Gates, was shot at, and was jailed as a spy. He made it his mission to record the war, giving visual form to what most citizens of the new United States thought: that they had brought into the world a great and unprecedented political experiment. His purpose, he wrote, was "to preserve and diffuse the memory of the noblest series of actions which have ever presented themselves in the history of man." Although Trumbull's contemporaries viewed him as a painter, Trumbull thought of himself as a historian. Richard Brookhiser tells Trumbull's story of acclaim and recognition, a story complicated by provincialism, war, a messy personal life, and, ultimately, changing fashion. He shows how the artist's fifty-year project embodied the meaning of American exceptionalism and played a key role in defining the values of the new country. Trumbull depicted the story of self-rule in the modern world--a story as important and as contested today as it was 250 years ago.
From 'the beginning' to 'the glory'; or, Scripture lessons for bible classes
Author: lady Beaujolois Eleanora K. Dent
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Languages : en
Pages : 250
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... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons ...
Author: Wilbur Moorehead Smith
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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American Popular Lessons
Author: Eliza Robbins
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Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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The Lesson Commentary on the International Sunday-school Lessons for 1884
Author: John Heyl Vincent
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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The Normal Class
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Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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Lessons on the Lord's Prayer. ... To which are Added Prayers, Original and Selected, for Every Day in the Week. By the Author of “Reasons for Christianity.”
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Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Pages : 48
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Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian Living
Author: Alice Peloubet Norton
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Category : International Sunday School Lessons
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Category : International Sunday School Lessons
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Catholic World
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Languages : en
Pages : 886
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Pages : 886
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