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Public Pantheons in Revolutionary Europe: Comparing Cultures of Remembrance, c. 1790-1840

Public Pantheons in Revolutionary Europe: Comparing Cultures of Remembrance, c. 1790-1840

by E. Bouwers
Public Pantheons in Revolutionary Europe: Comparing Cultures of Remembrance, c. 1790-1840

Public Pantheons in Revolutionary Europe: Comparing Cultures of Remembrance, c. 1790-1840

by E. Bouwers

Overview

The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230294714
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 11/22/2011
Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Edition description: 2012
Pages: 325
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

EVELINE G. BOUWERS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bielefeld University, Germany. Her current research focuses on the use of violence and iconoclasm in the culture wars of modern Europe. She studied history, art history, and political science in Utrecht, Leuven and Amsterdam and holds a PhD from the European University Institute.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: The Journey of the European Pantheonic Imagination Pantheon: the History of a Concept on the Move Competition in the Parliamentary Pantheon in London The Eclipse of Exemplarity: the Imperial Pantheon in Paris A Papal Pantheon? Canova's 'illustrious Italians' in Rome 'National education' in a Royal Pantheon in Regensburg Conclusions: Public Pantheons: a European History? Bibliography Appendices
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