ARTBREAKS: "You Say You Want a Revolution?: Rip Van Winkle and the Problem of American Identity"
When
Dec 8, 2009 12:00 pm (Tuesday)
Where
Birmingham Museum of Art: Sonat Gallery (map)
2000 Eigth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Birmingham, AL 35203
33.5216474
-86.8102869
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30-minute Gallery Talk You Say You Want a Revolution?: Rip Van Winkle and the Problem of American Identity Chris Metress, PhD, Director, University Fellows Program, Samford Universi...
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30-minute Gallery Talk
You Say You Want a Revolution?: Rip Van Winkle and the Problem of American Identity
Chris Metress, PhD, Director, University Fellows Program, Samford University
Everyone knows that Rip Van Winkle slept, but few remember what he slept through: the American Revolution. This important fact is one clue among many that Washington Irving's beloved classic is more than just an entertaining folktale. Like many of the works in Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Irving's story explores what American national identity looks like in a world full of cultural, political and geographic change. Put in conversation with paintings from the early republic, the curious tale of Rip Van Winkle raises surprising questions about our most cherished national ideals.
You Say You Want a Revolution?: Rip Van Winkle and the Problem of American Identity
Chris Metress, PhD, Director, University Fellows Program, Samford University
Everyone knows that Rip Van Winkle slept, but few remember what he slept through: the American Revolution. This important fact is one clue among many that Washington Irving's beloved classic is more than just an entertaining folktale. Like many of the works in Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Irving's story explores what American national identity looks like in a world full of cultural, political and geographic change. Put in conversation with paintings from the early republic, the curious tale of Rip Van Winkle raises surprising questions about our most cherished national ideals.
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