Author: Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893287037
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
The Sewell C. Biggs Collection of American Art
Author: Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893287037
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893287037
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
The Sewell C. Biggs Collection of American Art: Paintings and sculpture
Author: Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Sewell C. Biggs Collection of American Art: Decorative arts
Author: Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Author:
Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Publisher: Youguide International BV
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
American Federal Furniture and Decorative Arts from the Watson Collection
Author: Philip D. Zimmerman
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781882650170
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
While demonstrating the high level of artistry attained by furniture-makers of the period, this selection in many ways reflects the evolving character of domestic life in America during a seminal period in the country's history.
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781882650170
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
While demonstrating the high level of artistry attained by furniture-makers of the period, this selection in many ways reflects the evolving character of domestic life in America during a seminal period in the country's history.
150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings
Author: Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9781893287013
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9781893287013
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
American Portrait Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393577
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393577
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Library Company of Philadelphia: 1999 Annual Report
Author:
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9781422373118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher: The Library Company of Phil
ISBN: 9781422373118
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Property of the Nation
Author: Matthew R. Costello
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700633367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young country’s survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the “elitist” label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we learn in The Property of the Nation, was a deliberately constructed image, shaped and reshaped over time, generally in service of one cause or another. Matthew R. Costello traces this process through the story of Washington’s tomb, whose history and popularity reflect the building of a memory of America’s first president—of, by, and for the American people. Washington’s resting place at his beloved Mount Vernon estate was at times as contested as his iconic image; and in Costello’s telling, the many attempts to move the first president’s bodily remains offer greater insight to the issue of memory and hero worship in early America. While describing the efforts of politicians, business owners, artists, and storytellers to define, influence, and profit from the memory of Washington at Mount Vernon, this book’s main focus is the memory-making process that took place among American citizens. As public access to the tomb increased over time, more and more ordinary Americans were drawn to Mount Vernon, and their participation in this nationalistic ritual helped further democratize Washington in the popular imagination. Shifting our attention from official days of commemoration and publicly orchestrated events to spontaneous visits by citizens, Costello’s book clearly demonstrates in compelling detail how the memory of George Washington slowly but surely became The Property of the Nation.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700633367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young country’s survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the “elitist” label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we learn in The Property of the Nation, was a deliberately constructed image, shaped and reshaped over time, generally in service of one cause or another. Matthew R. Costello traces this process through the story of Washington’s tomb, whose history and popularity reflect the building of a memory of America’s first president—of, by, and for the American people. Washington’s resting place at his beloved Mount Vernon estate was at times as contested as his iconic image; and in Costello’s telling, the many attempts to move the first president’s bodily remains offer greater insight to the issue of memory and hero worship in early America. While describing the efforts of politicians, business owners, artists, and storytellers to define, influence, and profit from the memory of Washington at Mount Vernon, this book’s main focus is the memory-making process that took place among American citizens. As public access to the tomb increased over time, more and more ordinary Americans were drawn to Mount Vernon, and their participation in this nationalistic ritual helped further democratize Washington in the popular imagination. Shifting our attention from official days of commemoration and publicly orchestrated events to spontaneous visits by citizens, Costello’s book clearly demonstrates in compelling detail how the memory of George Washington slowly but surely became The Property of the Nation.
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2001: Smithsonian Institution
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description