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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Giguere, Joy M., 1980-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2014.
Édition:First edition.
Sujets:
Architecture and society > United States.
Nationalism and architecture > United States.
Egyptian revival (Architecture) > United States.
Monuments > United States.
Architecture et société > États-Unis.
Nationalisme et architecture > États-Unis.
Néo-égyptien (Architecture) > États-Unis.
Monuments > États-Unis.
HISTORY > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Architecture and society
Egyptian revival (Architecture)
Monuments
Nationalism and architecture
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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