Download or read book Smith s Illustrated Guide to and Through Laurel Hill Cemetery written by R. A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Smith s illustrated guide to and through Laurel Hill Cemetery and a tour up the Schuylkill written by R. A. SMITH (of Philadelphia.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Grave Landscapes written by James R. Cothran and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing urban populations prompted major changes in graveyard location, design, and use During the Industrial Revolution people flocked to American cities. Overcrowding in these areas led to packed urban graveyards that were not only unsightly, but were also a source of public health fears. The solution was a revolutionary new type of American burial ground located in the countryside just beyond the city. This rural cemetery movement, which featured beautifully landscaped grounds and sculptural monuments, is documented by James R. Cothran and Erica Danylchak in Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Movement. The movement began in Boston, where a group of reformers that included members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society were grappling with the city's mounting burial crisis. Inspired by the naturalistic garden style and melancholy-infused commemorative landscapes that had emerged in Europe, the group established a burial ground outside of Boston on an expansive tract of undulating, wooded land and added meandering roadways, picturesque ponds, ornamental trees and shrubs, and consoling memorials. They named it Mount Auburn and officially dedicated it as a rural cemetery. This groundbreaking endeavor set a powerful precedent that prompted the creation of similarly landscaped rural cemeteries outside of growing cities first in the Northeast, then in the Midwest and South, and later in the West. These burial landscapes became a cultural phenomenon attracting not only mourners seeking solace, but also urbanites seeking relief from the frenetic confines of the city. Rural cemeteries predated America's public parks, and their popularity as picturesque retreats helped propel America's public parks movement. This beautifully illustrated volume features more than 150 historic photographs, stereographs, postcards, engravings, maps, and contemporary images that illuminate the inspiration for rural cemeteries, their physical evolution, and the nature of the landscapes they inspired. Extended profiles of twenty-four rural cemeteries reveal the cursive design features of this distinctive landscape type prior to the American Civil War and its evolution afterward. Grave Landscapes details rural cemetery design characteristics to facilitate their identification and preservation and places rural cemeteries into the broader context of American landscape design to encourage appreciation of their broader influence on the design of public spaces.

Download or read book Characteristically American written by Joy Giguere and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her articles have appeared in the Journal of the Civil War Era and Markers: The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gothic Arches Latin Crosses written by Ryan K. Smith and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one time these elements were viewed with suspicion as foreign implements associated strictly with the Roman Catholic Church. Blending history with the study of material culture, Ryan K. Smith sheds light on the ironic convergence of anti-Catholicism and the Gothic Revival movement in nineteenth-century America. Smith finds the source for both movements in the sudden rise of Roman Catholicism after 1820, when it began to grow from a tiny minority into the country's largest single religious body. Its growth triggered a corresponding rise in anti-Catholic activities, as activists representing every major Protestant denomination attacked "popery" through the pulpit, the press, and politics. At the same time, Catholic worship increasingly attracted young, genteel observers around the country. Its art and its tangible access to the sacred meshed well with the era's romanticism and market-based materialism. Smith argues that these tensions led Protestant churches to break with tradition and adopt recognizably Latin art. He shows how architectural and artistic features became tools through which Protestants adapted to America's new commercialization while simultaneously defusing the potent Catholic "threat." The results presented a colorful new religious landscape, but they also illustrated the durability of traditional religious boundaries.

Download or read book Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University 2d Ed Enl written by Avery Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliotheca Americana written by Joseph Sabin and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biblioteca Americana written by Joseph Sabin and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue written by Avero Publications Limited and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nineteenth Century Short title Catalogue phase 1 1816 1870 written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of Congress written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901 Main part written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to North American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.