Tuesday, June 16, 2009

New Perspectives on American Colonialism

Valley Forge, PA is home to the country's finest replica cabins, painstakingly recreated from local timber.

Depicted here in high-ceremonial garb, General Washington takes a moment to survey his own handiwork. Even a mighty military hero must cultivate his aesthetic side from time to time, and the Sunday paintings of General Washington were said to have ranked among the best in the continental army.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Demarcating the Range

The landscape as defined by a sequence of nested rectangles. Dead stars streaming ancient light.