The Revival Styles In American Memorial Art
In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy McDowell and folklorist Richard E. Meyer blend their respective disciplinary perspectives, along with their shared long-standing fascination with cemeteries and funerary material culture, to provide a thoroughgoing descriptive analysis of this dramatic chapter in the history of American memorial art.
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In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy McDowell and folklorist Richard E. Meyer blend their respective disciplinary perspectives, along with their shared long-standing fascination with cemeteries and funerary material culture, to provide a thoroughgoing descriptive analysis of this dramatic chapter in the history of American memorial art.BooknewsA visually arresting and textually absorbing overview of the primary influences, trends, and designs associated with the spectacular monuments and memorials to prominent Americans, frequently designed and executed by leading architects and sculptors, and placed most often in the large "rural" cemeteries of American cities developed in the middle decades of the 19th century. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface1Pt. IThe Rise of Memorial Art in America3Pt. IIThe Revival Styles and American Memorial Art172Classical Revival233Medieval Revival904Egyptian and Near Eastern Revival1265The Legacy of the Revival Styles179Notes185Bibliography191Index203
\ BooknewsA visually arresting and textually absorbing overview of the primary influences, trends, and designs associated with the spectacular monuments and memorials to prominent Americans, frequently designed and executed by leading architects and sculptors, and placed most often in the large "rural" cemeteries of American cities developed in the middle decades of the 19th century. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
