Sam Gilliam trespasses the distinction between painting and sculpture
Seeing America – topic: labor and leisure
Woodruff reimagines racist tropes of Black banjo players with a figure who is confident and joyful
Hale Woodruff, The Banjo Player
This swaying juke joint belies its purpose as the central meeting place enlivened by music and dance in many African American communities, but its jubilance is tempered by the painting's ominous atmosphere
A Memphis juke joint
What will technology bring us? A more egalitarian society, a world where everyone can be educated? Or will it bring greater inequality? We still debate these issues...
Diego Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe
The Port of Havana, cigar shops, and Cuban independence
Cuban cigars, Cuban independence
The critics at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago noted: "American art has made something of itself."
The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
The awesome steel mills of Pittsburgh in the 1920s made an impression on the young Elsie Driggs.
Elsie Driggs, Blast Furnaces
Beyond the street of New York, Bellows grapples with the horrors of the First World War
Beyond New York, Bellows & World War ...
Rockwell's painting of Rosie the Riveter captured the power felt by the unprecedented number of women in the workforce during World War II. But how accurately did it depict the experiences of the diverse women who contributed to the war effort?
APUSH: KC-7.3.III.C.i
TEKS: 113.41.(17)(A)
APUSH: KC-7.3.III.C.i
TEKS: 113.41.(17)(A)
Teaching guide
Norman Rockwell, Rosie the Riveter
Representing women who entered the workforce during WWII, Rosie is strong, determined, and eating a ham sandwich.
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