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The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition - Liberty Enshrined (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition - Liberty Enshrined (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The commemorative tradition in early American art is given
sustained consideration 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. Establishing as the basis of her discussion the
fledgling nation's first monument, Jean-Jacques Caffieri's Monument
to General Richard Montgomery (commissioned in January of 1776),
Webster builds on the themes of commemoration and national
patrimony, ultimately positing that like its instruments of
government, America drew from the Enlightenment and its reverence
for the classical past. Webster's study is grounded in the
political and social worlds of New York City, moving
chronologically from the 1760s to the 1790s, with a concluding
chapter considering the monument, which lies just east of Ground
Zero, against the backdrop of 9/11. It is an original contribution
to historical scholarship in fields ranging from early American
art, sculpture, New York history, and the Revolutionary era. A
chapter is devoted to the exceptional role of Benjamin Franklin in
the commissioning and design of the monument. Webster's study
provides a new focus on New York City as the 18th-century city in
which the European tradition of public commemoration was
reconstituted as monuments to liberty's heroes.
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