Pantheons
Transformations of a Monumental Idea
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Pantheons: Transformations of a Monumental Idea
Cover
Ashgate
Hardback
272 pp
234 x 156 mm
49 B/W illustrations
ISBN: 0 7546 0808 5
British Library Reference: 731.7'6'094
Library of Congress Reference: 2004043651
ISBN-13 978-0-7546-0808-
2004
In 2003 the Henry Moore Institute launched a new series, Subject/Object: New Studies in Sculpture, published with Ashgate, which expands upon the conventional historical frameworks in which sculpture is seen. We have become familiar with the notion that sculpture has moved into the ‘expanded field’, but this field has remained remarkably faithful to defining sculpture on its own terms. Sculpture can be distinct, but it is rarely autonomous. For too long studied apart, within a monographic or survey format, sculpture demands to be integrated with the other histories of which it is a part. In the interests in representing recent moves in this direction, this series provides a forum for the publication and stimulation of new research examining sculpture’s relationship with the world around it, with other disciplines, and other material contexts. The series embraces papers developed out of conferences initiated at the Henry Moore Institute, as well as looking elsewhere for new work which similarly expands the context for sculpture studies.
The institution of the pantheon has come a long way from its classical origins. Invented to describe a temple dedicated to many deities, the term later became so far removed from its original meaning, that by the twentieth century, it has been able to exist independently of any architectural and sculptural monument.
This collection of essays is the first to trace the transformation of the monumental idea of the 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 new historical perspectives on the formation of national and civic identities.
Contents
Preface; Introduction; From the pantheon of the gods to the Pantheon of Rome, Edmund Thomas; From the pantheon of artists to the pantheon of illustrious men: Raphael's tomb and its legacy, Susanna Pasquali; Westminster Abbey 1720-70: a public pantheon built upon private interest, Matthew Craske; The British military pantheon in St Paul's Cathedral: the State, cultural patriotism, and the politics of national monuments, c.1790-1820, Holger Hoock; Popular and imaginary pantheons in early 19th-century England, Alison Yarrington; Pantheons in 18th-century France: temple, museum, pyramid, Dominique Poulot; Madame Tussaud's as a popular pantheon, Uta Kornmeier; Tales from the crypt/a Surrealist pantheon, Simon Baker; 'The granite of the ancient North': race, nation and empire at Cecil Rhodes's mountain mausoleum and Rhodes House, Oxford, Donal Lowry; Rise and fall of the Soviet pantheon, Brandon Taylor; Index.
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