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American Progress is an 1872 painting by John Gast, a Prussian-born painter, printer, and lithographer who lived and worked most of his life during 1870s in Brooklyn, New York. American Progress, an allegory of manifest destiny, was widely disseminated in chromolithographic prints.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Progress

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[โ€“] perishthethought@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It is. But it seemed a good time to remind the younger generation of how art can be used to push agendas in a very negative way. I expected a lot of discussion, which is one of the purposes of art.

If this doesn't belong here, just downvote it folks and I'll remove it.

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I can't downvote from my instance, and I wouldn't anyway. The discourse is more important. Now that I know your purpose was the discussion, I'm much more inclined to upvote and add more to the discussion.