Yakima Herald-Republic

Commentary: When democracy’s symbols get hijacked — How the far right co-opted classical imagery

For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel wreaths, Roman eagles and the fasces. These icons, carved into our government ...
Artnet

The New White Nationalism’s Sloppy Use of Art History, Decoded

Is Michelangelo’s David the new Pepe the Frog? For months, posters featuring heroic black-and-white close-ups of classical sculpture, including the David, have been popping up at college campuses ...
insider.si.edu

Images of American living four centuries of architecture and furniture as cultural expression

20th-Century Man and 20th-Century Art in the United States -- I. "Organic Reality": The Late Victorian "Modern" Generation: c.1885-c.1920 -- 1. The "Rebels": Radicals versus Conservatives before World ...
Hosted on MSN

When Democracy's Symbols Get Hijacked: How the Far Right Co-Opted Classical Imagery

For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel wreaths, Roman eagles, and the fasces. These icons, carved into our government ...