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	Emanuel Leutze's "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"

Martin Scorsese
Jan. 2005

Senior Curator Richard Murray explains the role of myth in Emanuel Leutze's historical painting "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way."

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