The Beautiful Pathos of Art: The Realistic Pain of War

Through his writing Walt Whitman created a new identity for the United States that was forged from the nation's hidden truths.

Much art came from the American Civil War.


Traditional paintings.

A new medium - photography.

Walt Whitman brings both of these worlds together with his poetry.

Much art came from slavery in the United States.

Traditional paintings.

A new medium - photography.

A new poet to tell the story of the new medium by appealing to emotions with the old medium of art.

A Nation's poet.

What were the most significant hidden truths Walt Whitman used to paint his canvas of the new American identity?

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