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Post by Allen Wiener on Jun 22, 2013 7:37:43 GMT -5
Have you got the book "Alamo Images"? I think much of what you are looking for is in there.
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Post by loucapitano on Jun 22, 2013 18:01:31 GMT -5
Most of the early artistic renditions of the Alamo tended to simply show a desperate fight in and around various walls or the chapel facade. As a kid, I was impressed by the Henry Arthur McArdle "Dawn at the Alamo" 1905. Although painfully chauvinistc, it seemed to capture the desperate melee that many people believe was the fate of the heroes. Fifty plus years later has opened my eyes and hopefully more accurate dipictions have emerged. Recent studies and illustrations have added much to historical accuracy, but I still enjoy the action scenes and illustrations from Hardin, Zaboly, Nelson, Donovan et al. They still move this senior citizen to always - Remember the Alamo.
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Post by alamonorth on Jun 22, 2013 18:02:55 GMT -5
Alamo Images and Frank Thompson's excellent books are good starting points but we have to dig deeper. Davy crockett, given his national prominence, was lucky. Almost from the moment of his death there were visual portrayals of his heroic last stand. Bowie and Travis were not so lucky. As far as I can tell, Bowie despite his reputation did not warrant heroic visual treatment until the late 1890's, when suddenly his death bed stand assumed major historic proportions. Travis , the commander who penned the so-called most heroic document in American history,had to wait for an even longer time, possibly 40 years, before actual images began appearing of his demise. I hope that I am wrong, and that our members can provide references to first or earlier versions of these events.
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Post by alamonorth on Jun 22, 2013 21:17:10 GMT -5
Of course the Holy Grail of Alamo iconography is to find the first image of the Alamo assault by a Mexican participant/ scholar/ artist. Even to see how modern Mexicans visualize the attack on the alamo is a worthwhile experience.
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