NATION S FIRST MONUMENT AND ORIG - Liberty Enshrined

The commemorative tradition in early American art is considered for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a coherent early history of the carved symbolic language of American liberty and independence. Webster's study provides a new focus on New York City as the eighteenth-century city in which the European tradition of public commemoration was reconstituted as monuments to liberty's heroes.

List of contents

Contents: 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.

About the author

Sally Webster is Professor of American Art, Emerita at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Webster, Webster Sally
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2018
• EAN: 9781138548121
• ISBN: 978-1-138-54812-1
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Memorials, monuments, Military institutions, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo