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Gilded Age Bohemians

Lectures in History

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The Ashcan School and the Struggle for Artistic Freedom

This chapter explores the Ashcan School artists' commitment to portraying the realities of early 20th-century American life and the controversies they faced, particularly around works like Salome. It also connects their artistic motives to the emerging free speech movement, highlighting the cultural struggle for political expression during the 1890s.

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