In this lecture delivered which is the first of a series on the role of classical painting in shaping a moral citizenry capable of unifying the ideals of the Declaration of Independence (emphasizing the sacredness of the individual) and of the Constitution (emphasizing the Greater Good), I introduced the fight to establish an aesthetical revolution in the arts and sciences initiated by Benjamin Franklin which electrified Britain, and established a new paradigm of composition, painting, architecture and design in the USA under the leadership of Benjamin West, and Samuel F.B Morse.
Matt, I love that you love and appreciate the importance of fine art, no-nonsense history and science, especially in our public schools by competent teachers. Art, history & science can never be fully appreciated or correctly understood separately, let alone one deprived of the others or under false pretense. I personally have no ability to comprehend one without the other two, simultaneously, or without intelligent instruction by great teachers. It’s too sad most of which I understand was self-taught by reading lessons of scientists, historians and teachers dead & buried, many centuries ago.
Wow, Matt, you again astound me with your depth and breadth of knowledge of the intricacies of history.
Ben West, one of my favorite historical figures, was of course, a close friend and confidant of GeorgeIII. Indeed, so much so that West was able secure the release of the painter John Trumball from imprisonment in the Tower of London for treason due to Trumball's having been an Officer in the Connecticut 1st Regiment prior to coming to London to study painting under West.
Matt, I love that you love and appreciate the importance of fine art, no-nonsense history and science, especially in our public schools by competent teachers. Art, history & science can never be fully appreciated or correctly understood separately, let alone one deprived of the others or under false pretense. I personally have no ability to comprehend one without the other two, simultaneously, or without intelligent instruction by great teachers. It’s too sad most of which I understand was self-taught by reading lessons of scientists, historians and teachers dead & buried, many centuries ago.
Wow, Matt, you again astound me with your depth and breadth of knowledge of the intricacies of history.
Ben West, one of my favorite historical figures, was of course, a close friend and confidant of GeorgeIII. Indeed, so much so that West was able secure the release of the painter John Trumball from imprisonment in the Tower of London for treason due to Trumball's having been an Officer in the Connecticut 1st Regiment prior to coming to London to study painting under West.