Why would the artist George Catlin's paintings from the 1800s be considered a form of artistic documentation?

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SKLTFZ · Answer 1 · 2021-02-21T16:13:17+0000

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Catlin was the first artist to record the Plains Indians in their own territories.

Paintings in the Indian Gallery reveal the encounter of two different cultures in a frontier region undergoing dramatic transformation.

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Dinsim · Answer 2 · 2021-02-25T06:56:44+0000

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Catlin was the first artist to record the Plains Indians in their own territories.

Paintings in the Indian Gallery reveal the encounter of two different cultures in a frontier region undergoing dramatic transformation.

Step-by-step explanation: