Pantheons : transformations of a monumental idea /
edited by Richard Wrigley and Matthew Craske.
- xx, 251 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm.
- Subject/object--new studies in sculpture .
- Subject/object--new studies in sculpture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the pantheon of the gods to the Pantheon of Rome / From the pantheon of artists to the pantheon of illustrious men : Raphael's tomb and its legacy / Westminster Abbey 1720-70 : a public pantheon built upon private interest / The British military pantheon in St. Paul's Cathedral : the state, cultural patriotism, and the politics of national monuments, c. 1790-1820 / Popular and imaginary pantheons in early nineteenth-century England / Pantheons in eighteenth-century France : temple, museum, pyramid / Madame Tussaud's as a popular pantheon / Tales from the crypt/a Surrealist pantheon / 'The granite of the ancient North' : race, nation and empire at Cecil Rhodes's mountain mausoleum and Rhodes House, Oxford / Rise and fall of the Soviet pantheon / Edmund Thomas -- Susanna Pasquali -- Matthew Craske -- Holger Hoock -- Alison Yarrington -- Dominique Poulot -- Uta Kornmeier -- Simon Baker -- Donal Lowry -- Brandon Taylor. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"This collection of essays is the first to trace the transformation of the monumental idea of a pantheon from its origins in Greek and Roman antiquity to its later appearance as a means of commemorating and enshrining the ideals of national identity and statehood. Illuminating the emergence of the pantheon in a range of different cultures and periods by exploring its different manifestations and implementations, the essays open up new historical perspectives on the formation of national and civic identities."--BOOK JACKET.