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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sally WebsterPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781472418999ISBN 10: 1472418999 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 28 March 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; New York’s De Lancey family and the origins of the American memorial tradition; Celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act: New York tributes to William Pitt and George III; A memorial to General Richard Montgomery: commemorating the death of an American hero; Benjamin Franklin and the commission of America’s first monument; New York, Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, and a monument for America; Bibliography; Index.Reviews'In recent decades, art historians have increasingly recognized the crucial roles played by visual, material, and public cultures in the evolution of national identity. Sally Webster significantly contributes to this discourse with her story of America's first monument , a Revolutionary War memorial authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, dedicated to General Richard Montgomery, and installed in New York's St. Paul's Church in 1787. Deftly weaving biography, history, and iconography with accounts of transatlantic exchange, colonial painting, military battles, and Enlightenment era allegory, Webster demonstrates how commemoration has been a core American concern since the earliest days of the republic.' Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame, USA The commemorative tradition in early American art is given sustained consideration for the first time in Sally Webster's fascinating study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition.It is an original contribution to historical scholarship in fields ranging from early American art, sculpture, New York history, and the Revolutionary era. Enfilade This book will be of great interest to scholars of early American visual culture and cultural nationalism. Webster has assembled an impressive array of primary sources in order to demonstrate the Montgomery Monument's significance during the war years and in the era of the early Republic. Her chapters explore the early American monument tradition, persuasively demonstrating that colonial Americans thirsted for memorials to heroic deeds long before independent nationhood became a reality. Panorama 'In recent decades, art historians have increasingly recognized the crucial roles played by visual, material, and public cultures in the evolution of national identity. Sally Webster significantly contributes to this discourse with her story of Americaa (TM)s first monument , a Revolutionary War memorial authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, dedicated to General Richard Montgomery, and installed in New Yorka (TM)s St. Paula (TM)s Church in 1787. Deftly weaving biography, history, and iconography with accounts of transatlantic exchange, colonial painting, military battles, and Enlightenment era allegory, Webster demonstrates how commemoration has been a core American concern since the earliest days of the republic.' Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame, USA 'In recent decades, art historians have increasingly recognized the crucial roles played by visual, material, and public cultures in the evolution of national identity. Sally Webster significantly contributes to this discourse with her story of America's first monument , a Revolutionary War memorial authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, dedicated to General Richard Montgomery, and installed in New York's St. Paul's Church in 1787. Deftly weaving biography, history, and iconography with accounts of transatlantic exchange, colonial painting, military battles, and Enlightenment era allegory, Webster demonstrates how commemoration has been a core American concern since the earliest days of the republic.' Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame, USA 'In recent decades, art historians have increasingly recognized the crucial roles played by visual, material, and public cultures in the evolution of national identity. Sally Webster significantly contributes to this discourse with her story of America's first monument , a Revolutionary War memorial authorized by the Continental Congress in 1776, dedicated to General Richard Montgomery, and installed in New York's St. Paul's Church in 1787. Deftly weaving biography, history, and iconography with accounts of transatlantic exchange, colonial painting, military battles, and Enlightenment era allegory, Webster demonstrates how commemoration has been a core American concern since the earliest days of the republic.' Erika Doss, University of Notre Dame, USA 'The commemorative tradition in early American art is given sustained consideration for the first time in Sally Webster's fascinating study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition....It is an original contribution to historical scholarship in fields ranging from early American art, sculpture, New York history, and the Revolutionary era.' Enfilade 'This book will be of great interest to scholars of early American visual culture and cultural nationalism. Webster has assembled an impressive array of primary sources in order to demonstrate the Montgomery Monument's significance during the war years and in the era of the early Republic. Her chapters explore the early American monument tradition, persuasively demonstrating that colonial Americans thirsted for memorials to heroic deeds long before independent nationhood became a reality.' Panorama Author InformationSally Webster is Professor of American Art, Emerita at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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