Characteristically American [electronic resource] : memorial architecture, national identity, and the Egyptian revival / Joy M. Giguere.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2014. 2015)Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9781621900771
- 725/.940973 23
- NA9347 .G54 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The dream of Egypt -- "The dead shall be raised" : Egyptianizing in the rural cemetery movement -- Revolutionary monuments : the obelisks of Bunker Hill and Groton Heights -- America conservata, Africa liberata : the American sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery -- American obelisk : the Washington National Monument -- From Egyptian revival to American style -- Coda : the broken obelisk.
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