Metropolitan Museum of Art

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

“The Civil War and American Art” opens today. This exhibition considers how American artists responded to the Civil War and its aftermath. The works of art on display trace the trajectory of the conflict and express the intense emotions that it provoked. http://met.org/16QT90Z

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900) | Our Banner in the Sky (detail) | 1861 | Collection of Fred Keeler