Marcus Aurelius to American Cowboy: Remington's Bronco Buster & the Ancient Bronze Equestrian Statue

Enjoy free art history lessons from your couch! Dive deeper into works from the Cummer Museum’s permanent collection in a special partnership with Dr. Scott Brown, Professor of Art History at the University of North Florida, as his lectures take you from the American Revolution to the near contemporary moment. These special Zoom talks are focused on ideas of American renewal and transformation. This lecture series will focus on presidential portraiture, the iconic cowboy myth, and an African American artist engaged in interpreting the European past for the American future. Part I: From Marcus Aurelius to the American Cowboy: Frederic Remington’s Bronco Buster and the Ancient Bronze Equestrian Statue Part II: Bob Thompson’s The Tempest: American Variations on Old Myths and Old Masters Part III: Painting the American President: Gilbert Stuart’s Portrait of Washington and the History of the Presidential Portrait