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The American Evolution: A History through Art examines America’s history through its art, from colonial times to modern day America.  Wealth and poverty, our American land, politics, cultural change, and the modern world are themes in the 200 piece collection at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

The American Evolution explores how American art and its artistic reflection of life have evolved side by side with American culture.

The American Evolution: A History through ArtThe Corcoran Gallery of Art500 17th Street, NW – at New York AvenueWashington DC 20006 (map it)
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Medieval French heroine and Roman Catholic saint, Joan of Arc, at the young age of only 17, overcame dismissal and indifference from French commanders and managed to lead French troops against the English to end the 6-month siege at Orléans in only 9 days.  However, within 2 years, at just 19, she was burned at the stake for heresy.  Yet her legacy lived on through stories, plays, paintings, music and even today, in modern film.
Joan of Arc, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, covers 500 years and over 200 French and Amercian works including paintings, sculpture, books, textiles and popular Joan …read more

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