HIUS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Taxidermy, John Smybert, Jonathan Trumbull
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Hius 130 lecture 5 republican art. Feared that trade would create too much wealth, accumulating in the hands of a few. Jefferson: double the size of the us, so that for the next 1,000 years we can have generations of farmers. Secretive: painted with a curtain around them, and had to pay to have it removed and see what they were doing, miniature portraits on jewelry. John singleton copley: european attitudes toward art and artists as more respectful; americans thought that art was nothing more than any other useful trade like carpeting or sailing. In english royal academy, artists mingled with aristocrats and government officials. Joshua reynolds: preside(cid:374)t of lo(cid:374)do(cid:374)(cid:859)s o(cid:455)al a(cid:272)ade(cid:373)(cid:455); role of the artist is to elevate the viewer, help them be better citizens and understand the common good. Sponsored aspiring artists to go to europe and study art, and then come home and produce art.
