{"product_id":"the-civil-war-paintings-of-mort-kunstler-volume-2-fredericksburg-to-gettysburg-hardcover","title":"The Civil War Paintings of Mort Kunstler Volume 2: Fredericksburg to Gettysburg - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMort K?stler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames I. Robertson\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly 30 years, Mort K?stler has focused his considerable talent on interpreting the Civil War. More than 160 of these images are the basis for the four volumes in this series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMort K?stler is the foremost Civil War artist of our time--if not all time, says Professor James I. Robertson Jr., the dean of Civil War historians. To study his paintings is to simply see history alive. This second of four volumes of Mort K?stler's Civil War paintings depicts the conflict just before the battle at Fredericksburg and leading up to Gettysburg. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter the battle of Antietam, Union commander Ambrose E. Burnside renewed the march on Richmond with a disastrous attack at Fredericksburg. The paintings \u003cem\u003eStrategy in the Snow, So Close to the Enemy, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn the Hands of Providence \u003c\/em\u003econvey the nature of the December 1862 battle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith spring came a new Federal commander, Joseph Hooker, and an attack along a wider front. Eventually, the armies clashed at an obscure crossroads in the Virginia Wilderness known as Chancellorsville. Here the Lee-Jackson partnership reached its apex, and her Jackson was wounded and later died. Lee's audacity and Jackson's determination are brilliantly depicted with the paintings \u003cem\u003eLast Council, Tactics and Strategy, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Last Meeting.\u003c\/em\u003e The crescendo and climax of the battle are portrayed in \u003cem\u003eEnd of a Legend\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHis Supreme Moment.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubsequently, Lee launched his own offensive campaign into Union territory. Here K?stler explores the high morale of the Confederate with a series of paintings around Jeb Stuart's grand review of his cavalry corps and the two opulent balls he hosted prior to the beginning of the Gettysburg campaign. Likewise, the artist conveys the optimism of Lee's soldiers as they splash across the Potomac in \u003cem\u003e\"Maryland, My Maryland.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerhaps no other artist has recorded so many events in the Civil War, and certainly none have painted them with the authenticity and drama of Mort K?stler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458954117373,"sku":"9781684428335","price":55.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/5MgReIuHgs9781684428335.webp?v=1777252779","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-civil-war-paintings-of-mort-kunstler-volume-2-fredericksburg-to-gettysburg-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}