Old Kentucky Home
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Old Kentucky Home, originally titled "Negro Life at the South," is an 1859 genre painting by Eastman Johnson depicting African American domestic life in Washington, D.C., often noted for its complex portrayal of race and slavery before the Civil War.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
genre painting
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painting → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Negro Life at the South
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| artForm |
oil painting
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| artHistoricalContext |
pre–Civil War American art
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| colorPalette |
earth tones
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| creator |
Eastman Johnson
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| depicts |
African American domestic life
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a backyard scene → a dilapidated house → a mixed‑race woman → a white visitor → children playing → enslaved African Americans → music making → |
| depictsEthnicGroup |
African Americans
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white Americans → |
| depictsPlace |
backyard of a house in Washington, D.C.
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| depictsTime |
antebellum period
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| genre |
American realism
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| hasAuthor |
Eastman Johnson
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| hasHistoricalPeriod |
19th century
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| hasPart |
clothesline
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crumbling brick wall → domestic animals → figures gathered in a yard → musical instruments → |
| hasTitle |
Old Kentucky Home
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| inception |
1859
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| influencedBy |
American debates over slavery
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| languageOfTitle |
English
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| locationOfCreation |
Washington, D.C.
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| mainSubject |
everyday life of African Americans
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race relations in the antebellum South → slavery in the United States → |
| movement |
American genre painting
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| notableFor |
ambiguous social commentary
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complex portrayal of race and slavery before the American Civil War → |
| originalTitle |
Negro Life at the South
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Negro Life at the South
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alsoKnownAs |
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Old Kentucky Home
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hasTitle |