Narrative Trauma and Civil War History Painting, or Why Are These Pictures So Terrible?
The Civil War generated hundreds of history paintings. Yet, as this essay argues, painters failed to create any iconic, lasting images of the Civil War using the conventions of grand manner history painting, despite the expectations of many that they would and should. This essay first examines the t...
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