American Neoclassicism

Question 1

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John Vanderlyn, Death of Jane McCrae, 1804

Question 2

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Vanderlyn, Marius Amidst the Ruins of Carthage, 1807

Question 3

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John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos, 1814

Question 4

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AJ Davis, Panorama Rotunda for John Vanderlyn, 1818

Question 5

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Panorama of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, 1819

Question 6

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Rembrandt Peale Court of Death, 1820

Question 7

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Patience Lovell Wright, Admiral Richard Howe, ca. 1770, wax

Question 8

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Patience Lovell Wright (attr), Benjamin Franklin, ca. 1775, wax

Question 9

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William Rush, Self Portrait, ca. 1822

Question 10

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William Rush, Eagle, 1809-11, gessoed and gilt wood (probably Eastern Pine, painted cast iron), 36 x 68 x 61 in.

Question 11

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William Rush, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, ca. 1812, plaster, 25 x 15 x 11 inches

Question 12

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William Rush, Dr. Benjamin Rush, ca. 1812, plaster, 25 x 15 x 11 inches

Question 13

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William Rush, Nymph and Bittern, 1854, bronze, after a wooden original of 1812

Question 14

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William Rush, Andrew Jackson, 1819, painted terra cotta, 19 7/8 inches.

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Jean Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1788, Marble

Question 17

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Jean Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1785-89

Question 18

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Giuseppe Ceracchi, George Washington, 1794-5, Marble, 28 7/8 x 22 x 13 in.

Question 19

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Minerva as Patroness of American Liberty, ca. 1791-1792, Terra cotta, Library Company of Philadelphia. Gift of Continental Congress, ca. 1800

Question 20

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Horatio Greenough, Medora, 1832

Question 21

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Horatio Greenough, Bust of George Washington, 1832

Question 22

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Greenough, GW, 1832-40

Question 23

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Greenough, Abdiel, 1838-43

Question 24

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Horatio Greenough, The Rescue, East side of the U.S. Capitol, 1837-51

Question 25

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Arno, 1839

Question 26

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Hiram Powers, Horatio Greenough

Question 27

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Hiram Powers, California, 1850-55, carved 1858

Question 28

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Hiram Powers, Abbott Lawrence, 1865

Question 29

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Thomas Crawford, Orpheus and Cerberus, 1843

Question 30

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Thomas Crawford, The Progress of Civilization, 1851-63. Senate Pediment, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Question 31

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Henry Kirke Brown, George Washington, 1853-55. Bronze. Union Square, NYC.

Question 32

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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 164-66. Bronze. Rome: Piazza del Campidoglio.

Question 33

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Erastus Dow Palmer, Indian Girl or the Dawn of Christianity, 1853-56.

Question 34

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Harriet Hosmer, Puck, 1856.