American Art Video Analysis - The Femininity of American Art

In a budding and freshly colonized Nation where ideas like Manifest Destiny and the progression of art and its ideals are at the forefront, how do the themes of femininity in art continue to change and adapt as America carves its own "unique" identity? In this short video, we'll dive into exactly that as we take a look through early 18th-century American Art, all the way to the poster craze and WWI propaganda posters.

      

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