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.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
painting
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| artisticTheme |
childhood
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nostalgia → post–Civil War national identity → rural America → |
| associatedWith |
American rural education
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Reconstruction-era America → |
| colorPalette |
bright natural light
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| creator |
Winslow Homer
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| depicts |
children playing
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country life → game of snap the whip → post–Civil War American childhood → rural landscape → schoolboys → |
| depictsActivity |
children’s outdoor game
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| depictsTimePeriod |
post–Civil War era
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| describedAs |
iconic image of American childhood
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iconic image of American country life → |
| exhibitedAt |
Metropolitan Sanitary Fair (historical American art exhibitions)
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| genre |
genre painting
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realist painting → |
| hasArtHistoricalReception |
frequently discussed in studies of Winslow Homer
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widely reproduced in American culture → |
| hasBackgroundElement |
distant hills
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one-room schoolhouse → open sky → |
| hasCompositionFeature |
diagonal line of children
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| hasCulturalSignificance |
symbol of innocence after the American Civil War
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| hasInfluenced |
popular imagery of rural American childhood
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| hasPerspective |
observer at ground level
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| hasVersion |
Snap the Whip (Butler Institute of American Art version)
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Snap the Whip (Metropolitan Museum of Art version) → |
| inception |
1872
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| locationOfCreation |
United States
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| mainSubject |
boys playing in a field
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| medium |
oil on canvas
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| movement |
American Realism
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| notableWorkOf |
Winslow Homer
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| partOf |
19th-century American art
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| setting |
countryside near a small schoolhouse
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rural field → |
| title |
Snap the Whip
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| yearCompleted |
1872
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Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Snap the Whip
("Snap the Whip (Butler Institute of American Art version)")
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Snap the Whip ("Snap the Whip (Metropolitan Museum of Art version)") → |
hasVersion |
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Winslow Homer
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notableWork |
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Snap the Whip
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title |