September 13, 2005
cartoon's critical edge
This superb cartoon is another example of visual cultural critique:
It's bite captures this kind of response noted by Wealth Bondage
Rowson's cartoon is an interpretive reworking of a iconic American image from the American Revolutionary War and, more specifically, George Washington's stealthy midnight crossing:
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, George Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851,Oil on Canvas.
This in turn is a gesture back to a classic art image:
Theodore Gericault, Raft of Medusa, 1819, Oil on canvas
The inter-textuality gives the Rowson cartoon more depth, does it not?
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at September 13, 2005 11:24 AM | TrackBackI was at James Monroe's house several years back, it is just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. IIRC it is supposed to be Monroe that is carrying the flag. The tour guide pointed out the idealised flag, it was most likely this flag. Which was a defaced ensign with the red stripes of the Sons of Liberty flag.
Posted by: Cameron Riley on September 15, 2005 01:41 PM