Mobility, meaning, and the monumental body: the Italian origin of two North American cemetery motifs

An unusual monument marks the grave of Eliza Barnwell Heyward (d. 1871) in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC. It is a seated pre-pubescent girl, nude, and its base features the prominent signature, "A. F. Chevreux," a local stonecutter. This study reveals that the sculpture was not designe...

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1. Verfasser: Roark, Elisabeth L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:An unusual monument marks the grave of Eliza Barnwell Heyward (d. 1871) in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC. It is a seated pre-pubescent girl, nude, and its base features the prominent signature, "A. F. Chevreux," a local stonecutter. This study reveals that the sculpture was not designed by Chevreux but originated in the studio of Florentine Luigi Pampaloni. It examines the transnational mobility of nineteenth-century Italian academic sculpture, how the altered context of the US cemetery could produce radical shifts in meaning, and why Eliza’s family acquired a sculpture of a nude girl as her memorial.
Beschreibung:23 Illustrationen
ISSN:1543-1002
DOI:10.29411/ncaw.2021.20.1.4