Ideals of American Democracy are expressed through public displays of objects

  Often ideals of American Democracy are expressed through public displays of objects or images that have commemorative purposes. What motivates public displays of art and what meanings are deployed? Write a descriptive analysis of it. Begin by providing a close visual analysis based on the handout ‘A Systematic Analysis of a Work of Art’. (I’ve attached it) You must also refer to yourself in the 3rd person objective form throughout the paper. Next, examine the symbolic or iconographic function of the object based on the visual clues exhibited in the work and its immediate environment. How does the object reflect emerging Democratic ideals of the New Republic? How successful or unsuccessful is the work? How effective is it in communicating with its audience?