Portraits, People, and Perspective: The Function of the Puritan Portrait in New England
Listen to the lecture “Portraits, People, and Perspective: The Function of the Puritan Portrait in New England” in the media player below or directly on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
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Transcript of lecture:
Quick links to some primary sources: use all of the links in the second to last page of the lecture transcript
As a reminder, the learning goals of the lecture are:
…for learners to be able to discuss how at least one of the three themes in this lecture connects with a specific Puritan portrait or other Puritan media object.
Discussion questions and forum:
- Choose one of the three Puritan portraits that we talked about in this lecture as well as another Puritan portrait you find yourself (for example: the portraits of Elizabeth Eggington, of John Freake, of the Mason children, of Robert Gibbs, or of Henry Gibbs—see the links below). Describe both. Upon looking at the portrait this lecture described with your own eyes, what is something you noticed that this lecture might not have emphasized as much or touched upon? How do these two portraits compare in terms of the three themes I’ve described in this lecture?
- Compare Puritan portraits as a medium with another medium we have discussed in this course. How are they similar and how are they different? Do both of them include the use of symbols? How important is realism, or what is the role of the family in relation to te other medium?
Respond to these discussion questions (or other topics of your choosing, relating to the lectures) here: