Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?

In the conversations that Confederate statues have provoked, little attention, if any, has been paid to the authors of those statues. These artists willingly participated in the commemorative movement that is so highly contested today; they also gave shape to the generals and soldiers that the Lost...

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Main Author: Véronique Ha Van
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Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2018-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9018
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description In the conversations that Confederate statues have provoked, little attention, if any, has been paid to the authors of those statues. These artists willingly participated in the commemorative movement that is so highly contested today; they also gave shape to the generals and soldiers that the Lost Cause advocates honored and sited in public places. In order to grasp the process that led to the monumentalizing of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century South and thus in part help us to understand the ramifications of the very existence of those works in today’s world, this article looks at a number of these artists—Antonin Mercié, Alexander Doyle, Frederick W. Ruckstull, Alexander Phimister Proctor—as well as the procedures which led to their selection.
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spelling doaj-art-937f96312b454b4fb13bb7af537ae7412025-01-30T10:45:20ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662018-12-01110.4000/transatlantica.9018Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?Véronique Ha VanIn the conversations that Confederate statues have provoked, little attention, if any, has been paid to the authors of those statues. These artists willingly participated in the commemorative movement that is so highly contested today; they also gave shape to the generals and soldiers that the Lost Cause advocates honored and sited in public places. In order to grasp the process that led to the monumentalizing of the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century South and thus in part help us to understand the ramifications of the very existence of those works in today’s world, this article looks at a number of these artists—Antonin Mercié, Alexander Doyle, Frederick W. Ruckstull, Alexander Phimister Proctor—as well as the procedures which led to their selection.https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9018Confederate statues; commission; competition; Lost Cause; Robert E. Lee; Antonin Mercié; Alexander Doyle; Frederick Wellington Ruckstull; Alexander Phimister Proctor
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Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?
Transatlantica
Confederate statues; commission; competition; Lost Cause; Robert E. Lee; Antonin Mercié; Alexander Doyle; Frederick Wellington Ruckstull; Alexander Phimister Proctor
title Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?
title_full Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?
title_fullStr Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?
title_full_unstemmed Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?
title_short Sculpteurs d’une cause perdue : statues et causes d’une perte ?
title_sort sculpteurs d une cause perdue statues et causes d une perte
topic Confederate statues; commission; competition; Lost Cause; Robert E. Lee; Antonin Mercié; Alexander Doyle; Frederick Wellington Ruckstull; Alexander Phimister Proctor
url https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/9018
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