American Renaissance (numismatic art)

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American Renaissance (numismatic art) was a late 19th- and early 20th-century movement in U.S. coin and medal design that emphasized classical beauty, artistic refinement, and national symbolism in numismatic works.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
numismatic art movement ⓘ
aimedTo elevate artistic quality of U.S. coins ⓘ
express national ideals through numismatic imagery ⓘ
artForm coins ⓘ
medals ⓘ
plaquettes ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. circulating coinage redesigns ⓘ
U.S. commemorative medals ⓘ
United States Mint ⓘ
context broader American Renaissance in arts and architecture ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance marked a high point in artistic ambition for U.S. coinage and medals ⓘ
emphasized balanced and harmonious compositions ⓘ
fine detail in engraving ⓘ
high relief modeling ⓘ
field coin design ⓘ
medallic art ⓘ
numismatics ⓘ
genre classical numismatic art ⓘ
goal bring U.S. numismatic art in line with European artistic standards of the period ⓘ
hasCharacteristic artistic refinement ⓘ
classical beauty ⓘ
national symbolism ⓘ
influencedBy American Renaissance (architecture and fine arts) ⓘ
Beaux-Arts style ⓘ
linked to: Beaux-Arts

classical art ⓘ
neoclassicism ⓘ
movementPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
relatedTo classical revival in the United States ⓘ
national identity in American art ⓘ
timeframeApproximateEnd circa 1920s ⓘ
timeframeApproximateStart circa 1890s ⓘ
typicalMotifs Liberty personifications ⓘ
allegorical female figures ⓘ
classical drapery ⓘ
eagles ⓘ
laurels and wreaths ⓘ
national emblems of the United States ⓘ
usedTechniques die engraving ⓘ
relief sculpture ⓘ
sculptural modeling in plaster ⓘ

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Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel obverse design → artMovement → American Renaissance (numismatic art) ⓘ
William Barber → notableWork → Amazonian pattern coinage designs ⓘ
linked to: American Renaissance (numismatic art)