Tag: Art History
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Noah Webster’s Influence on Early American Identity, Journalism and Education
Noah Webster, Adams and other early Americans emphasis on divergence from Britain demonstrates how Federalists sought to create early American identity through changes to institutions, language, and colonial education to legitimize the new republic. Mayflower descendant Noah Webster (1758-1843) is considered the father of American education and the American dictionary. Webster is accompanied by many…
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Elon Musk’s Fascist Salute reveals his Political Trajectory
ELON MUSK HAS NOT DENIED OR COMMENTED ON HIS INFAMOUS SALUTE. Do you think Elon Musk’s actions and open beliefs lately reveal a predictable, knowable and inevitable political trajectory for him? Musk is pictured gesturing the Fascist salute, which survives with the Neo-Fascists in Italy and among various factions of Neo-Fascists and Neo-Nazis today. When…
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Etruscan Visual Representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva: A Comparative Study | Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley
Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley’s paper from the Etruscan Studies Journal on the Etruscan visual representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva provides historical, artistic, and cultural perspective of its common use in imagery. The paper explains the significant differences in the Etruscan cultural attitudes toward women, from those of their Greek contemporaries. It examines Etruscan…
The American Minervan 