Eva Miller

Early Civilization and the American Modern (eBook, ePUB)

Images of Middle Eastern origins in the United States, 1893-1939

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a particular story about the United States' role in the long history of world civilization was constructed in public spaces, through public art and popular histories. This narrative posited that civilization and its benefits - science, law, writing, art and architecture - began in Egypt and Mesopotamia before passing ever further westward, towards a triumphant culmination on the American continent.

Early Civilization and the American Modern explores how this teleological story answered anxieties about the United States' unique role in the long march of progress. Eva Miller focuses on important figures who collaborated on the creation of a visual, progressive narrative in key institutions, world's fairs and popular media: Orientalist and public intellectual James Henry Breasted, astronomer George Ellery Hale, architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, and decorative artists Lee Lawrie and Hildreth Meière. At a time when new information about the ancient Middle East was emerging through archaeological excavation, ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia appeared simultaneously old and new. This same period was crucial to the development of public space and civic life across the United States, as a shared sense of historical consciousness was actively pursued by politicians, philanthropists, intellectuals, architects and artists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: UCL Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800087231
• Artikelnr.: 69875969

Autorenporträt

Eva Miller is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the History Department at UCL.