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Authors
Advisor: Shannon Egan, Gettysburg College
Curators:
Jenna L. Birkenshock '12, Gettysburg College
Hillary B. Goodall '13, Gettysburg College
Tessa M. Sheridan '13, Gettysburg College
Josiah B. Adlon '12, Gettysburg College
Megan E. Hilands '12, Gettysburg College
Emily A. Francisco '14, Gettysburg College
Molly E. Reynolds '14, Gettysburg College
Shelby P. Glass '12, Gettysburg College
Colleen L. Parrish '14, Gettysburg College
Francesca S. DeBiaso '12, Gettysburg College
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Document Type
Art Catalog
Description
For the exhibition Art + Politics, students worked closely with the holdings of Gettysburg College's Special Collections and College Archives to curate an exhibition in Schmucker Art Gallery that engages with issues of public policy, activism, war, propaganda, and other critical socio-political themes. Each of the students worked diligently to contextualize the objects historically, politically, and art-historically. The art and artifacts presented in this exhibition reveal how various political events and social issues have been interpreted through various visual and printed materials, including posters, pins, illustrations, song sheets, as well as a Chinese shoe for bound feet. The students' essays that follow demonstrate careful research and thoughtful reflection on the American Civil War, nineteenth-century politics, the First and Second World Wars, World's Fairs, Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign, Vietnam-War era protests, and the Cultural Revolution in China. [excerpt]
Publication Date
Fall 2011
Publisher
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College
City
Gettysburg
Keywords
public policy, activism, war, propaganda, Civil War, nineteenth-century politics, World War I, World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower, World's Fair, Vietnam War, Cultural Revolution
Recommended Citation
Egan, Shannon; Birkenshock, Jenna L.; Goodall, Hillary B.; Sheridan, Tessa M.; Adlon, Josiah B.; Hilands, Megan E.; Francisco, Emily A.; Reynolds, Molly E.; Glass, Shelby P.; Parrish, Colleen L.; and DeBiaso, Francesca S., "Art+Politics" (2011). Schmucker Art Catalogs. 9.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/artcatalogs/9
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American Art and Architecture Commons, American Popular Culture Commons, Asian History Commons, Military History Commons, Political History Commons, Public Policy Commons, Social History Commons, Social Policy Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
Art + Politics was on exhibition at the Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College, November 19 - December 10, 2011.