ART H208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sir William Johnson, 1St Baronet, Ronald Paulson, Masculinity
9 Apr 2016
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Vivien green fryd"s rereading the indian in benjamin west"s death of a general wolfe . Thesis: rereading the several implicaions of the indian places death of general wolfe in a new light. Johnson summarizes briish victories while wolfe"s martyrdom is a foreshadowing of the destrucion of indigenous people. Exhibited at the royal academy in 1771 (created in 1770) and was so popular that three full-scale copies were commissioned, including one for the king of england: preliminary drawing was in 1765. Piece over gloriies the death of major-general james wolfe death (sept 13 1759) at the batle of. Quebec during the french and indian war as evident by the addiion of the naive american, addiional. The indian is an iroquois, belonging to the northern woodlands peoples. In the paining, stands fairly untouched as he did in the sketch and wears a combinaion of european and indian dress; his bent arm is reiterates that of the indian"s irearm.
