Art and Empire - 9780821413425

Art and EmpireThe Politics of Ethnicity in the United States Capitol, 18151860\nAuthor(s): Vivien Green Fryd\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821413425, 978-0821413425\nSynopsis\nThe subject matter and iconography of much of the art in the [url] Capitol forms a remarkably coherent program of the early course of North American empire, from discovery and settlement to the national development and westward expansion that necessitated the subjugation of the indigenous peoples.\n In Art and Empire, Vivien Green Fryd's revealing cultural and political interpretation of the portraits, reliefs, allegories, and historical paintings commissioned for the [url] Capitol, the reader is given an enhanced appreciation for the racial and ethnic implications of these works.\n This latest contribution to the United States Capitol Historical Society's Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Ca.