Inventing the American Flag

With gorgeous four-color reproductions of an amazing array of art from diverse cultures and eras, this book delves into the symbolism of the flag and investigates why the founding fathers chose the images they did to represent the new nation and the hidden meaning behind the symbols. Looking at the flag from an art-historical background, Inventing the Flag is radically different from the usual patriotic-tract, antiquarian-records and Masonic-mystery approaches with which this topic is usually treated.