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this assignment I have chosen works of art whose subject matter depicts the American flag. They are as follows: the Marine Corps War Memorial, by Felix W. de Weldon in 1954. Three Flags, by Jasper Johns in 1958, and God Bless America, by Faith Ringgold in 1964.(Sayre,2005) Through this essay it will be shown that even though there is a common theme, the American Flag, the meanings, thoughts and feelings evoked are very different.

Felix W. de Weldon was an Austrian born American sculpture who, among his many works of art world wide, created the Marine Corps War Memorial, also commonly called the Iwo Jima Memorial located in Arlington Virginia.
Weldon was already a well known artist and was serving in the Navy at the time the original photograph was taken of......

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