Characteristically American : Memorial Architecture, National Identity, and the Egyptian Revival /

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Prior to the nineteenth century, few Americans knew anything more of Egyptian culture than what could be gained from studying the biblical Exodus. Napoleon's invasion of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, however, initiated a cultural breakthrough for Americans as representations of Eg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Giguere, Joy M., 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nationalism and architecture.
Monuments.
Egyptian revival (Architecture)
Architecture and society.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
HISTORY > General.
Monuments > États-Unis.
Neo-egyptien (Architecture) > États-Unis.
Nationalisme et architecture > États-Unis.
Architecture et societe > États-Unis.
Monuments > United States.
Egyptian revival (Architecture) > United States.
Nationalism and architecture > United States.
Architecture and society > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dream of Egypt
  • "The dead shall be raised" : Egyptianizing in the rural cemetery movement
  • Revolutionary monuments : the obelisks of Bunker Hill and Groton Heights
  • America conservata, Africa liberata : the American sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery
  • American obelisk : the Washington National Monument
  • From Egyptian revival to American style
  • Coda : the broken obelisk.

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