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100 1 $aMcDowell, Peggy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94024742
245 14 $aThe revival styles in American memorial art /$cPeggy McDowell and Richard E. Meyer.
260 $aBowling Green, OH :$bBowling Green State University Popular Press,$c1994.
300 $a206 pages :$billustrations ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes index and bibliography (p. 191-201).
505 20 $gPt. I.$tThe Rise of Memorial Art in America --$gPt. II.$tThe Revival Styles and American Memorial Art.$g2.$tClassical Revival.$g3.$tMedieval Revival.$g4.$tEgyptian and Near Eastern Revival.$g5.$tThe Legacy of the Revival Styles.
520 $aFrom the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries a sweeping movement in architectural and decorative taste dominated Western cultures. Known collectively by the descriptive term "Revival Styles," this phenomenon, which left a rich visual legacy upon the cultural landscapes of many nations, exhibited three primary manifestations: Classical (chiefly Greek and Roman), Gothic (or Medieval), and Egyptian (or Near Eastern).
520 8 $aIn America, for a variety of reasons, a significantly large amount of the creative energy inherent in the Revival movement was directed towards the conception and erection of spectacular monuments and memorials to prominent Americans. Frequently designed and executed by the leading architects and sculptors of the day, the great majority of these strikingly beautiful artifacts and structures were placed in the large "rural" cemeteries of American cities developed in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, where they remain for future generations to analyze and admire. In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy McDowell and folklorist Richard E.
520 8 $aMeyer 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.
650 0 $aSepulchral monuments$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCemeteries$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005004619
650 0 $aGothic revival (Architecture)$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010015445
650 0 $aGreek revival (Architecture)$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEgyptian revival (Architecture)$zUnited States.
700 1 $aMeyer, Richard E.,$d1939-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88102094
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