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Monumental American Obelisks: Centennial Vistas

Zukowsky, John

The Art bulletin (New York, N.Y.), 1976-12, Vol.58 (4), p.574-581 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Monumental American Obelisks: Centennial Vistas
Autor: Zukowsky, John
Assuntos: African art ; Architectural design ; Architectural history ; Architecture ; Funerary architecture ; Iconography ; National archives ; Obelisks ; Public libraries ; Statues
É parte de: The Art bulletin (New York, N.Y.), 1976-12, Vol.58 (4), p.574-581
Descrição: Since their re-erection in Rome by Pope Sixtus V (1585-90), obelisks have had many connotations in the Western world. Art-historical literature has demonstrated that this ancient Egyptian form was used by later civilizations to connote glory, wisdom, the Sun, democracy, and eternal duration. 1 Those meanings have equal significance for the development of monumental obelisks in nineteenth-century America. Unlike most earlier obelisks, the hollow shafts of these constructions can be ascended by an internal staircase or elevator to interior lookout platforms. Distinctively characteristic of the American landscape, 2 monumental obelisks have military connotations and social functions that have not been thoroughly investigated.
Editor: New York, etc: Taylor & Francis
Idioma: Inglês

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