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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| Summary: | 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. |
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