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As Simpson shows in fascinating detail, rockface concrete blocks, pressed metal imitations of stone, linoleum "marble" and "parquet," and embossed wall coverings made available to the masses a host of ornamental effects that only the wealthy could previously have afforded. But, she notes, wherever these new materials appeared, a heated debate over the appropriateness of imitation followed. Were these materials merely tasteless shams?
Corn Palaces and Butter Queens
A celebration of corn palaces, crop art, and butter sculpture from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Monuments to the Lost Cause
This richly illustrated collection of fourteen essays examines the ways in which Confederate memorials - from Monument Avenue to Stone Mountain - and the public rituals surrounding them testify to the tenets of the Lost Cause, a romanticized narrative of the war. Several essays highlight the creative leading role played by women's groups in memorialization, while others explore the alternative ways in which people outside white southern culture wrote their very different histories on the southern landscape. The authors - who include Richard Guy Wilson, Catherine W. Bishir, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, and William M.S. Ramussen - trace the origins, objectives, and changing consequences of Confederat...
Monuments to the Lost Cause
This richly illustrated collection of fourteen essays examines the ways in which Confederate memorials - from Monument Avenue to Stone Mountain - and the public rituals surrounding them testify to the tenets of the Lost Cause, a romanticized narrative of the war. Several essays highlight the creative leading role played by women's groups in memorialization, while others explore the alternative ways in which people outside white southern culture wrote their very different histories on the southern landscape. The authors - who include Richard Guy Wilson, Catherine W. Bishir, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, and William M.S. Ramussen - trace the origins, objectives, and changing consequences of Confederat...
Rockbridge County Artists and Artisans
The development of many artisans in the fine arts, textiles, furniture, clocks, rifles, ironwork, and pottery is traced from 1750 through the post-Civil War years.
The sculptor's clay
This catalog for the exhibition THE SCULPTOR'S CLAY: CHARLES GRAFLY (1862-1929) is the first published study of the sculptor's life & work. The catalogue & exhibition are based on the extensive collection of Grafly materials at Wichita State University. It is comprised of two sections. The first is a biographical sketch of the artist by his daughter, art critic Dorothy Grafly Drummond, that highlights his years as a student at the Academie Julian (1888-1891) & his teaching career at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The second section is the exhibition catalog & deals with the sculptor's work in portrait busts, memorials, & major public commissions, such as the PIONEER MOTHER MONUMENT in San Francisco (1913-1915) & the MEMORIAL TO MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE in Washington, D.C. (1916-1927). The catalog has 153 pages & 91 photographs, many of which are archival & have never been published.
Lee: The Last Years
A New York Times bestselling author’s revealing account of General Robert E. Lee’s life after Appomattox: “An American classic" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution). After his surrender at Appomattox in 1865, Robert E. Lee, commanding general for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, lived only five more years. It was the great forgotten chapter of his remarkable life, during which Lee did more to bridge the divide between the North and the South than any other American. The South may have lost, but Lee taught them how to triumph in peace, and showed the entire country how to heal the wounds of war. Based on previously unseen documents, letters, family papers and ex...
Holly's Picturesque Country Seats
Rare Civil War-era design book contains 34 designs for cottages, villas, mansions, and other residences, as well as churches, city buildings, and railway stations. Exterior views, floor plans, and before-and-after views, more.
