tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post5000904233450368158..comments2024-03-08T04:04:45.132-08:00Comments on Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax and Cabbages and Kings: Art of the American West. Charles Bird King. A-Z Challenge.loverofwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-39936870649897638752015-04-13T20:22:24.054-07:002015-04-13T20:22:24.054-07:00The faces are strong, wonderful artist I think. A...The faces are strong, wonderful artist I think. And if I am ever in Washington, D.C. I understand this painting hangs in the Smithsonian, I will try and see it.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-28470574846850667622015-04-13T20:20:09.707-07:002015-04-13T20:20:09.707-07:00I agree, a beautiful portrait, regardless of its p...I agree, a beautiful portrait, regardless of its purpose, the composition, and I think a sympathetic view. Do you still have the painting?loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-27716215619664808462015-04-13T14:36:48.738-07:002015-04-13T14:36:48.738-07:00I love this painting with the proud faces. At leas...I love this painting with the proud faces. At least he didn't really make them look like savages. It still horrifies me they way they were treated.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-40640424248456714902015-04-13T13:33:21.222-07:002015-04-13T13:33:21.222-07:00Beautiful portrait, regardless of its purpose. I a...Beautiful portrait, regardless of its purpose. I answered your question at my blog with two links. Do check them out. You posed an interesting subject and as a result, I learned something new! I searched for Apache dance in 1920s Paris and found the information. I've always had an interest in the American Indian and the First Nations peoples in Canada. But I had never heard of this dance before! BTW, the first painting I ever sold was a portrait of an Indian brave while still an art student at UGA. (I researched the Apaches and the Sioux tribes.)D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-3442035351281655972015-04-13T10:45:21.734-07:002015-04-13T10:45:21.734-07:00Public opinion plus politics was against him. Lon...Public opinion plus politics was against him. London was the place. Didn't those voyages take two weeks or more?loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-29970731981868933782015-04-13T10:33:13.468-07:002015-04-13T10:33:13.468-07:00Hi Nat - it's a pity James Monroe didn't g...Hi Nat - it's a pity James Monroe didn't get his way and allow them to be assimilated in to life, their way of life .. but I guess that would be difficult, particularly then.<br /><br />Incredible piece of art .. with the symbols too .. <br /><br />I find it interesting how far people travelled to learn their craft and crossing the Atlantic to train in London was considered as something totally feasible ... <br /><br />Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-61700037935410096332015-04-13T08:39:43.615-07:002015-04-13T08:39:43.615-07:00The above comment rings true. I am debating about...The above comment rings true. I am debating about discussing scalping, which did occur on both sides. And yes there is a painting about it. Hmmm.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-36135880949134331382015-04-13T08:37:45.394-07:002015-04-13T08:37:45.394-07:00The problem was two very different cultures clashi...The problem was two very different cultures clashing against one another. There was cruelty and savagery on both sides.loverofwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763349886822924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-64097595197569560362015-04-13T04:27:12.450-07:002015-04-13T04:27:12.450-07:00That's a very striking painting. Those poor N...That's a very striking painting. Those poor Native Americans.....so duped and lied to, and then branded as savages when they pushed back. All I can say is, Custer had it coming.JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9000213818076940390.post-6765978331334775192015-04-13T01:30:14.305-07:002015-04-13T01:30:14.305-07:00The descriptions for Indians being "savages&q...The descriptions for Indians being "savages" and then "peaceful and quiet in their habits" is a bit confusing for me. I guess it's intuitive that like any other territorial beings, they became savages when their existence was threatened. But naturally, they are the latter. Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742777265021634232noreply@blogger.com