Snap the Whip
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Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snap the Whip canonical | 2 |
| Snap the Whip (Butler Institute of American Art version) | 1 |
| Snap the Whip (Metropolitan Museum of Art version) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
childhood
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ post–Civil War national identity ⓘ rural America ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American rural education
ⓘ
Reconstruction era ⓘ
surface form:
Reconstruction-era America
|
| colorPalette | bright natural light ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Winslow Homer ⓘ |
| depicts |
children playing
ⓘ
country life ⓘ game of snap the whip ⓘ post–Civil War American childhood ⓘ rural landscape ⓘ schoolboys ⓘ |
| depictsActivity | children’s outdoor game ⓘ |
| depictsTimePeriod | post–Civil War era ⓘ |
| describedAs |
iconic image of American childhood
ⓘ
iconic image of American country life ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Metropolitan Sanitary Fair (historical American art exhibitions) ⓘ |
| genre |
genre painting
ⓘ
realist painting ⓘ |
| hasArtHistoricalReception |
frequently discussed in studies of Winslow Homer
ⓘ
widely reproduced in American culture ⓘ |
| hasBackgroundElement |
distant hills
ⓘ
one-room schoolhouse ⓘ open sky ⓘ |
| hasCompositionFeature | diagonal line of children ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of innocence after the American Civil War ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | popular imagery of rural American childhood ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | observer at ground level ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Snap the Whip
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Snap the Whip (Butler Institute of American Art version)
Snap the Whip self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Snap the Whip (Metropolitan Museum of Art version)
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| inception | 1872 ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainSubject | boys playing in a field ⓘ |
| medium | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| movement |
Realism
ⓘ
surface form:
American Realism
|
| notableWorkOf | Winslow Homer ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century American art ⓘ |
| setting |
countryside near a small schoolhouse
ⓘ
rural field ⓘ |
| title | Snap the Whip self-link ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1872 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Snap the Whip (Butler Institute of American Art version)
this entity surface form:
Snap the Whip (Metropolitan Museum of Art version)