by James Tierney | Apr 29, 2024
American Progress, the 1872 painting by John Gast, is perhaps the most iconic portrayal of Manifest Destiny in the United States of America. Beginning with Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the young nation began to turn its eyesight towards westward...
by Genna Arduini | Apr 24, 2024
Frances Sargent Osgood was a woman with a true talent in poetry. The still portrait “Frances Sargent Osgood”[1] illustrates her uniquely and powerfully. The picture was created by the artist Alonzo Chappel. Chappel was one of the many artists involved in the evolution...
by Pearl Puri | Dec 4, 2023
The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period spanning the late 18th to the 19th century. It brought about profound economic, technological, and social changes. Mechanized production, urbanization, and the emergence of factories characterized this era, driven...
by Andrea Petronio | Dec 4, 2023
While browsing the Library of Congress’ website, I found several interesting historical sources. However, one thing that stood out to me in specifically was a picture book titled “The children’s object book.” As an education major, I found this particularly...
by Umme Rabab | Dec 4, 2023
From the mid-eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century, the United States had seen a lot of socioeconomic changes. One of the biggest changes was seen in racial hierarchy, which eventually shaped the America we know today. My chosen source is a picture of Ida...