I'm no connoisseur on Romanticism or the progression of art over time, but I took a Survey of Art History class in college one semester, so I dabble. As I was perusing some mid-19th century works, one ...

When the painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" was first revealed to the public in the early 1850s, it was a smash hit. It toured major cities, drawing crowds and gold medals. A poet wrote an ...

Introduction. The look of history -- The revolt against the grande machine : Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Fair -- Leutze's Storming of the Teocalli : historical struggle and the middle class -- ...

One of America's most famous images, a painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, got much of the story wrong: The American commander wouldn't have stood triumphantly on a rowboat in ...