Revolutionizing icons: reimagining the 18TH-century art of the americas galleries at the MFA boston [the museum of fine arts, boston requests $450,000 for the implementation of its permanent galleries…

Revolutionizing icons: reimagining the 18TH-century art of the americas galleries at the MFA boston [the museum of fine arts, boston requests $450,000 for the implementation of its permanent galleries of 18TH-century art of the americas. These galleries will focus on collections ranging in date from 1680 to 1820 (or the long 18TH century), including objects made during the colonial and revolutionary war periods. Aligning with the U.S. Semiquincentennial anniversary and the national endowment for the humanities? American tapestry interest area, the new galleries will include paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and works on paper from across north, central, and south america and the caribbean, including indigenous and island nations. The galleries will be completely reimagined to show the interplay of the diverse cultures active in this period, and to consider the role of the arts in shaping our understanding of the nation?s founding, and our broader ideas about the americas and americanness ? As a place, an identity, and an aspiration.]