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Essay heading: Lincoln as represented in the arts
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Leonard Volk sculpted a bust of Lincoln in 1860, it was reproduced in plaster several times and one of them is on display in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This is a very interesting work and it harkens back to the age of neoclassical art. The work is neoclassical in that it does not depict Lincoln in the modern dress of his time period...
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The work is neoclassical in that it does not depict Lincoln in the modern dress of his time period. Instead, Lincoln is depicted wearing a classical roman garb, much like a toga.
In the neoclassical period of art, it was disrespectful to depict great people wearing the actual clothing of the time period...
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