Manuel Cuyàs Agulló, Americans disembarking in Ponce, July 27, 1898

Manuel Cuyàs Agulló, El desembarque de los americanos en Ponce, 27 de julio de 1898 (Americans disembarking in Ponce, July 27, 1898), 1898, oil on canvas, 59.8 x 99.2 cm (Museo de Arte de Ponce)
speakers: Dr. Taína Caragol, Curator of Painting and Sculpture and Latino Art and History, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and Dr. Steven Zucker

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It's incredible how art represents history on both a personal and global scale.

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The Smithsonian... where I left my heart (and am still self-banned), lol. ❤
"So this is a war scene, but this is not a battle..." I do love when you get the behind-the-scenes, frequently overlooked aspects of situations that tend to be portrayed in a certain way.
I would've looked at this and thought, "Oh, this is a nice genre painting for this culture and time" - it wouldn't have occurred to me that there was, literally, war on the horizon.
Love the detail on this piece, too.

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Art has always been a vital tool in presenting the present, past and even, sometimes, the future.
And depending on the intentions of an artist, a powerful form of propaganda.