Essays examine the technological, social, political, religious, personal, and institutional contexts of 15th-century woodcuts and challenge many assumptions about the phenomenon of early printing.
printed images, individual and institutional patronage, new iconographies, religious propaganda
their guidance, students will write and deliver a persuasive speech and create a propaganda
Snoep, Praal en Propaganda: Triumfalia in de Noordelijke Nederlanden in de 16de en
See how photographers have honored and documented service people across time.
American correspondent for the Office of War Information, a World War II government propaganda
Born in Okayama, Japan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi had no intention of becoming an artist when he emigrated alone to the United States at age 16. Encouraged by a high school teacher in Los Angeles, he attended that city’s School of Art and Design for three years.
During the war, he created drawings for the American propaganda effort.
Seventeen years after Benjamin West settled in England, a London newspaper’s review of the 1780 Royal Academy exhibition stated that The Battle of La Hogue „exceeds all that ever came from Mr. West’s pencil.“ In 1692, Louis XIV of France had mounted an ill-fated attempt to return James II, a fellow Catholic, to the throne of England.
dramatic composition that, by employing much artistic or poetic license, is largely propaganda
Propaganda and Yasuo Kuniyoshi’s Identity Crisis,� American Art 22, no. 1 (Spring
In fact, he kept his art and politics separate, consistently refusing to make propaganda
From the Native peoples lobbying to keep their homelands to immigrants facing challenges in their new home, works from our collection help us understand our nation’s beginnings.
Revere and others used the print as propaganda to argue for freedom from British
Artists in the United States are protected under the First Amendment, which guarantees freedoms of speech and press. This module features works created by artists with a range of perspectives and motivations.
published in 1770 in the Boston Gazette, is one of the most effective examples of war propaganda
