Estill Curtis Pennington
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813126128
- eISBN:
- 9780813135458
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813126128.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans, to 1918, when John Alberts, the last of Frank Duveneck's students, worked in ...
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From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans, to 1918, when John Alberts, the last of Frank Duveneck's students, worked in Louisville, a wide variety of portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. This book charts the course of those artists as they painted the mighty and the lowly, statesmen and business magnates as well as country folk living far from urban centers. Paintings by each artist are illustrated, when possible, from The Filson Historical Society collection of some 400 portraits representing one of the most extensive holdings available for study in the region. This volume begins with a cultural chronology: a backdrop of critical events that shaped the taste and times of both artist and sitter. The chronology is followed by brief biographies of the artists, both legends and recent discoveries, illustrated by their work. Matthew Harris Jouett (who studied with Gilbert Stuart), William Edward West (who painted Lord Byron), and Frank Duveneck are well-known; far less so are James T. Poindexter (who painted children's portraits in western Kentucky), Reason Croft (a recently discovered itinerant in the Louisville area), and Oliver Frazer (the last resident portrait artist in Lexington during the romantic era).Less
From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans, to 1918, when John Alberts, the last of Frank Duveneck's students, worked in Louisville, a wide variety of portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. This book charts the course of those artists as they painted the mighty and the lowly, statesmen and business magnates as well as country folk living far from urban centers. Paintings by each artist are illustrated, when possible, from The Filson Historical Society collection of some 400 portraits representing one of the most extensive holdings available for study in the region. This volume begins with a cultural chronology: a backdrop of critical events that shaped the taste and times of both artist and sitter. The chronology is followed by brief biographies of the artists, both legends and recent discoveries, illustrated by their work. Matthew Harris Jouett (who studied with Gilbert Stuart), William Edward West (who painted Lord Byron), and Frank Duveneck are well-known; far less so are James T. Poindexter (who painted children's portraits in western Kentucky), Reason Croft (a recently discovered itinerant in the Louisville area), and Oliver Frazer (the last resident portrait artist in Lexington during the romantic era).
Daniel R. Bare
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781479803262
- eISBN:
- 9781479803255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479803262.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter focuses on the most common and pervasive fundamentalist doctrines—the so-called five fundamentals of biblical inspiration, Christ’s divinity, the virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, ...
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This chapter focuses on the most common and pervasive fundamentalist doctrines—the so-called five fundamentals of biblical inspiration, Christ’s divinity, the virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, and the literal resurrection and second coming of Christ—and compares how white fundamentalists and conservative black clergymen engaged these topics. Using The Fundamentals (completed in 1915) as a baseline for comparing theological formulations and drawing on newspaper articles, personal correspondence, pastors’ notes, sermons, and other sources, the chapter shows that black fundamentalists aligned closely with their white counterparts on these central doctrinal issues, and that at times their exposition and argumentation were formulated almost identically to the arguments used in the pages of The Fundamentals.Less
This chapter focuses on the most common and pervasive fundamentalist doctrines—the so-called five fundamentals of biblical inspiration, Christ’s divinity, the virgin birth, substitutionary atonement, and the literal resurrection and second coming of Christ—and compares how white fundamentalists and conservative black clergymen engaged these topics. Using The Fundamentals (completed in 1915) as a baseline for comparing theological formulations and drawing on newspaper articles, personal correspondence, pastors’ notes, sermons, and other sources, the chapter shows that black fundamentalists aligned closely with their white counterparts on these central doctrinal issues, and that at times their exposition and argumentation were formulated almost identically to the arguments used in the pages of The Fundamentals.
Daniel R. Bare
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781479803262
- eISBN:
- 9781479803255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479803262.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
Focusing on pro-fundamentalist and antimodernist rhetoric coming from black pulpits, this chapter examines sermons and speeches from such figures as Congregationalist minister Edward Franklin ...
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Focusing on pro-fundamentalist and antimodernist rhetoric coming from black pulpits, this chapter examines sermons and speeches from such figures as Congregationalist minister Edward Franklin Williams, Methodist pastors John Albert Johnson and Isaac Reed Berry, and National Baptist leader Lacey Kirk Williams. While these black fundamentalists regularly expressed their theological positions in ways that aligned with their white counterparts, they also presented starkly different applications of fundamentalism, which grew out of their specific racial context. Isaac Berry’s discourse on Christ’s atonement, for example, led him to denounce legal bans on interracial marriage as contrary to the unifying identity established by Christ’s blood. So while fundamentalism has traditionally been associated with politically conservative activism (such as anti-evolution crusades), the inclusion of these black voices offers a new perspective. Fundamentalist doctrine, theology, and even identity may have crossed the color line, but social and racial context played a significant role in the ways that these convictions were applied and expressed.Less
Focusing on pro-fundamentalist and antimodernist rhetoric coming from black pulpits, this chapter examines sermons and speeches from such figures as Congregationalist minister Edward Franklin Williams, Methodist pastors John Albert Johnson and Isaac Reed Berry, and National Baptist leader Lacey Kirk Williams. While these black fundamentalists regularly expressed their theological positions in ways that aligned with their white counterparts, they also presented starkly different applications of fundamentalism, which grew out of their specific racial context. Isaac Berry’s discourse on Christ’s atonement, for example, led him to denounce legal bans on interracial marriage as contrary to the unifying identity established by Christ’s blood. So while fundamentalism has traditionally been associated with politically conservative activism (such as anti-evolution crusades), the inclusion of these black voices offers a new perspective. Fundamentalist doctrine, theology, and even identity may have crossed the color line, but social and racial context played a significant role in the ways that these convictions were applied and expressed.
Robert Frost
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198208693
- eISBN:
- 9780191746345
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208693.003.0023
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
Chapter 23 analyses the nature and development of royal power in Poland, in particular under Casimir IV and his immediate successors John I Albert (Jan Olbracht) and Alexander Jagiellon. It examines ...
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Chapter 23 analyses the nature and development of royal power in Poland, in particular under Casimir IV and his immediate successors John I Albert (Jan Olbracht) and Alexander Jagiellon. It examines the construction of royal authority under Casimir, after the profligacy of the alienation by Jagiełło and Władysław’ III of much of the royal domain. It charts the eclipse of Oleśnicki and Casimir’s use of his royal prerogative, most notably his powers of appointment to secular and ecclesiastical office, to establish a loyal and effective royal council, dominated by an increasingly powerful royal party. It pays close attention to Casimir’s increasing control of ecclesiastical patronage, which culminated in the career of his son Cardinal Frederick Jagiellon, primate and bishop of Cracow. It concludes by analysing the increasingly effective royal government.Less
Chapter 23 analyses the nature and development of royal power in Poland, in particular under Casimir IV and his immediate successors John I Albert (Jan Olbracht) and Alexander Jagiellon. It examines the construction of royal authority under Casimir, after the profligacy of the alienation by Jagiełło and Władysław’ III of much of the royal domain. It charts the eclipse of Oleśnicki and Casimir’s use of his royal prerogative, most notably his powers of appointment to secular and ecclesiastical office, to establish a loyal and effective royal council, dominated by an increasingly powerful royal party. It pays close attention to Casimir’s increasing control of ecclesiastical patronage, which culminated in the career of his son Cardinal Frederick Jagiellon, primate and bishop of Cracow. It concludes by analysing the increasingly effective royal government.
