Humans France John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility

John Mandel’s Sea of Tranquility

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Humans France John Mandel’s Sea of TranquilitySurveys the representations and constructions of the human being in American art. Humans are organisms, but the human being is a term referring to a complicated, self contradictory, and historically evolving set of concepts and practices. Humans explores competing versions, constructs, and ideas of the human being that have figured prominently in the arts of the United States. These essays consider a range of artworks from the colonial period to the