U.S. isolationism / Ann Telnaes. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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U.S. isolationism / Ann Telnaes.
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Ostriches, the birds said to bury their heads in the sand, carry the argument of this drawing, which treats American isolationism as a willful refusal to see danger. Ann Telnaes, an editorial cartoonist, worked in ink over a blue pencil underdrawing and added opaque white and paste-on elements, a layered technique that gives the piece a collage-like texture. The subject belongs to a long American tradition, from George Washington's 1796 warning against foreign entanglements to the neutrality laws of the 1930s. The record also lists terrorism among its subjects, the threat the cartoon presses on readers who would rather look away.
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink brush over blue pencil underdrawing with opaque white and paste-ons. |
|---|---|
| Genre | 2004." |
| Notes | 1996 July 27. |
| Subjects | Neutrality--United States--1990-2000. Government policy--United States--1990-2000. Terrorism--1990-2000. Ostriches--1990-2000. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-209854 |
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