Tag: Matthew Brady
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QUOTE: “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” Edgar Allan Poe
“She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes…” George Gordon Byron
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The Photographer Who Convinced Everyone To Sit For Him But The Dead
“My greatest aim has been to advance the art of photography and to make it what I think I have, a great and truthful medium of history.” Matthew Brady Matthew Brady: the man behind all of those Civil War photos; the man who convinced everyone to sit for him but the dead. Almost no one…
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Dying For A Lost Cause–Is It Worth It?
Rose O’Neal Greenhow‘s father was murdered at random by an unknown assailant. That’s enough of a story for most lives, but there’s more. This pretty little lady became a famous Confederate spy credited by Jeff Davis for the win at the First Battle of Bull Run. Before the war she married well and moved to…
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Amazing Artist’s Studio–Rent Free!
Artist capturing war being documented. The Civil War’s being fought stage right, but the lens is on the artist and how perfectly the life of an artist is captured here. Note the look of intense sympathy, horrified interest and serious intent. Maybe he posed for the camera and sketching battles was just this man’s boring…
Author Adrienne Morris 