American_Progress_(John_Gast_painting).jpg
Summary
John Gast : American Progress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
label QS:Lit,"Progresso americano"
label QS:Lfr,"American Progress"
label QS:Lhe,"הקידמה האמריקאית"
label QS:Lpt,"Progresso Americano"
label QS:Lzh,"美利坚向前行"
label QS:Lfi,"American Progress"
label QS:Les,"Progreso americano"
label QS:Lde,"American Fortschritt"
label QS:Lml,"അമേരിക്കൻ പ്രോഗ്രെസ്"
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | allegory | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
This painting shows Manifest Destiny, the belief in westward expansion of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It was widely distributed as an engraving called "Spirit of the Frontier". Settlers are moving west, guided and protected by Columbia, aided by modern technology like railroads, and driving Native Americans and bison into obscurity. Columbia represents America, dressed in a Roman toga to represent classical republicanism, and brings the enlightened east to the darkened west.
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Date | 1872 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 29.2 cm (11.4 in)
; width: 40 cm (15.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+29.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+40U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q4827110
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Accession number |
92.126.1
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Autry Museum of the American West
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References | https://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/john-gast-american-progress-1872/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
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Licensing
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The author died in 1896, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
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This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 false false