Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way
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Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way is a large 19th-century mural by Emanuel Leutze that romantically depicts American westward expansion and Manifest Destiny.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mural
ⓘ
painting ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United States of America ⓘ |
| basedOn | idea of Manifest Destiny ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Emanuel Leutze ⓘ |
| depicts |
American westward expansion
ⓘ
United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form:
Manifest Destiny
idealized vision of progress ⓘ migration toward the Pacific coast ⓘ rugged terrain of the American West ⓘ settlers traveling westward ⓘ sunlit western horizon ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
United States Capitol art catalog
ⓘ
art history scholarship ⓘ |
| genre | history painting ⓘ |
| hasEffect | promoted the ideology of Manifest Destiny ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Native American figures
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Pacific Ocean ⓘ allegorical figures ⓘ covered wagons ⓘ mountain landscape ⓘ pioneer settlers ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
allegorical composition
ⓘ
nationalistic tone ⓘ romanticized portrayal of expansion ⓘ |
| inception | 1861 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
American frontier
ⓘ
westward migration ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| location |
United States Capitol
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
expansion of the United States
ⓘ
westward movement of American settlers ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| partOf | art collection of the United States Capitol ⓘ |
| positionHeld | decoration of the U.S. Capitol building ⓘ |
| significantEvent | completion shortly before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| titleComesFrom | line from Bishop George Berkeley’s poem "Verses on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America" ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.