American Art as being not altogether European, Native, or African,

In the course, we have discussed American Art as being not altogether European, Native, or African, but somewhere in between these limits. Moreover, American Art is mestizaje (mixed) in nature, creating an art all its own with its contrasting elements. How are the images below representative of a mestizo American consciousness?

You must cite the article below at least one time each anywhere in your answer (it is okay just to cite it in image #2):
Wayne Craven, “The Seventeenth-Century New England Mercantile Image: Social Content and Style in the Freake Portraits,” 1-11

1. Anonymous, Art of Featherworking, Florentine Codex, 1570 (1.9)
2. Anonymous, John Freake, c. 1671, o/c, 43 x 37” (1.66)
3. Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1770, o/c, 60 x 84”(1.84)

B. Short Answer (24 points): What is “Manifest Destiny?” How does the image below exude this political ideology? Be sure to mention “magisterial gaze.”

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