Sculpture, chains, and the Armstrong gun: John Bell's 'American Slave'

This article contends that John Bell’s American Slave was made as an abolitionist response to Hiram Powers’s Greek Slave. Bell’s statue presented a critique of Powers, and aimed to demonstrate the limits of ideal sculpture in addressing contemporary ethical questions. Like The Greek Slave, Bell’s st...

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1. Verfasser: Hatt, Michael 1960- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:This article contends that John Bell’s American Slave was made as an abolitionist response to Hiram Powers’s Greek Slave. Bell’s statue presented a critique of Powers, and aimed to demonstrate the limits of ideal sculpture in addressing contemporary ethical questions. Like The Greek Slave, Bell’s statue is a transatlantic object, and one that embodies the complexity and contradictions of Anglo-American culture.
ISSN:1543-1002

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