The Death of Cleopatra / The Birth of Freedom: Edmonia Lewis at the New World's Fair
The Death of Cleopatra / The Birth of Freedom: Edmonia Lewis at the New World's Fair
Gold, Susanna W.
2012-12-05 00:00:00
At Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition, sculptor Edmonia Lewis's <i>The Death of Cleopatra</i> responded to the ambivalent Centennial culture that celebrated one-hundred years of a nation built on founding principles of unity and liberty, but that was haunted by centuries of African slavery, the recent Civil War, and the rapidly failing efforts of Reconstruction.
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The Death of Cleopatra / The Birth of Freedom: Edmonia Lewis at the New World's Fair
At Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition, sculptor Edmonia Lewis's <i>The Death of Cleopatra</i> responded to the ambivalent Centennial culture that celebrated one-hundred years of a nation built on founding principles of unity and liberty, but that was haunted by centuries of African slavery, the recent Civil War, and the rapidly failing efforts of Reconstruction.
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