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In an ironic way, this painting also seems to shout that it is imperative to make a point to make the most of each moment.
Present Treasures
As art observers are expected to experience smooth or stormy energetic passions in pathetic paintings as the actors' appearances appropriately reflect the appearance of strong emotions. In the traditional practice of art, passions are reflected by facial expressions and gestures. Eighteenth-century associative and sympathetic assimilation of emotions by the spectator theories, however, birthed the practice of an artist imagining and projecting him/herself into the characters' feelings as he/she painted their experiences.
Not only do the Death of General Wolfe and Death on a Pale Horse meet many observers' expectations, these two paintings also challenge viewers to be themselves, just as he did when he clothed Wolfe and his lieutenants in dress he perceived would compliment the moral significance. Despite opposing viewpoints, West persisted with his own conception.
In time, as Roosevelt's introductory words contend, "Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all...
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Benjamin West
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"To degrade and stamp out the liberties of a race" signified the "studied purpose" of linking social and civil equality. Douglass concluded that if the Civil Rights Law attempted to promote social equality, so did "the laws and customs of every civilized country in the world," including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the Sermon on the Mount, the Golden Rule, and the Apostles' Creed. He warned
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