Political Contestation in Cyrus Dallin’s American Indian Monuments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19006528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily C Burns (0009-0003-1991-2421, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 4-21 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archives of American Art Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9853 • E-ISSN: 2327-0667 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/698333 |
| OpenAlex | W2796483675 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Around the turn of the twentieth century, the sculptor Cyrus Dallin made several American Indian equestrian monuments. Critics often construed these sculptures as a connected series that charted the temporal progression of a defeated and dying race. But primary sources reveal an important counternarrative: the artist’s criticism of US treatment of native communities during western expansion. This essay argues that Dallin’s equestrian sculptures can be read as equivocal monuments that challenge dominant narratives of US history
Art · Art history · Criticism · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Sculpture · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |