Pioneer cemeteries: sculpture gardens of the Old West
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1. Verfasser: Stott, Annette (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press ©2008
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-345) and index
List of cemeteries -- Map of Rocky Mountain Region -- From Boot Hill to Fair Mount: the transformation of the Western cemetery -- Tombstone carvers and monument makers of the Rocky Mountain West -- M. Rauh, Riverside Marble Works, and the gendered cemetery -- Mail-order monuments and other imports: Rocky Mountain cemeteries in a national context -- The cemetery in Western life
As pioneers attempted to settle and civilize the "Wild West," cemeteries became important cultural centers. Filled with carved wooden headboards, inscribed local stones, and Italian marble statues, cemeteries functioned as symbols of stability and progress toward a European-inspired vision of Manifest Destiny. As repositories of art and history, these pioneer cemeteries tell the story of communities and visual culture emerging together within the developing landscape of the Old West
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 370 pages)
ISBN:0803218672
9780803218673

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