Paper Topic:

American Art History

Answers to Questions

1 . In Woodville`s Old `76 and Young `48 the dates refer to (Points : 2

1 . two wars : the Revolutionary War and the War Against Mexico

2 . two wars : the War Against Mexico and the genocide of Native American Indians

3 . it`s just the dates of the two soldiers a grandson and grandfather

4 . The Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of General George Custer

5 . of these it`s a mystery

2 . In Woodville`s War News from Mexico what does the placement of women and African-Americans

indicate (suggest , symbolize ) about American society in the 1840s (Points : 2

The female figure is placed in the background and in the shadows . The African-Americans are placed in the lower right hand corner of the painting . These placements suggest that they are insignificant and subordinate to the men and their opinions . Although the woman appears to be responding to the news , the men have their backs to her and can not see her expression , if she is speaking (her mouth is open ) then the men are dismissing her opinion as unimportant . The African-Americans are passive . Although they are in the same path of light that unites them with the men and although they are positioned in front of the men they are also being ignored . At that time in history , women and African-Americans were still considered inferior beings to White men

3 . The term `Uncle Tom` comes from (Points : 2

1 . a historical figure who lived in Washington DC in the 1860`s he was a black abolitionist

2 . a literary figure popularized in Harriet Beecher Stowe`s book he was `friends` with little Eva and got along with everyone - no matter how badly or unjustly he was treated

3 . a runaway slave helped to freedom on the underground railroad by Harriet Tubman

4 . A historical figure who was `friends` with little Eva she saved his life (similar to the way Pocahontas saved Capt . John Smith ) by begging for his salvation from a despotic slave owner

5 . of the above the term was invented in the 1960`s during the Civil Rights movement to descirbe white people who protested against race discrimination

4 . How would the Northerner`s interpretation of Johnson`s Negro Life in the South differ from the Southerner`s (Points : 2

A Southerner of that time would see the painting as depicting a happy family of black slaves relaxing and enjoying themselves as they play music and chat amongst themselves . The painting might even reinforce the stereotype of slaves being lazy and simple people , happy to live in poor conditions and uninterested in improving themselves . A Northerner would see the broken windows and rundown buildings and assume that the people were miserable in their poverty

5 . Winslow Homer had little formal training as an artist and worked as an illustrator for a popular weekly magazine (Points : 2

1 . True

2 . False

6 . St . Gauden`s Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment is (Points : 2

1 . a marble relief

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