America

Unknown, America, between 1575 - 1610. america shown in front of violence and canablism.
The Four Continents as Allegories Explained
The allegorical manifestation of "the four continents" is a visual staple of Western art from the colonial period and the 18th century in particular. Used to uphold the idea of European superiority…
Emmanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. 
Reframed: Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware"
Skeptics of the American Dream likely will consider Emanuel Leutze’s masterpiece depicting George Washington crossing the Delaware River to be a propagandistic romanticizing of America, a work…