Ars longa, vita brevis : the Adams Memorial

Author

Collins, Kathleen; Wilsher, Ann

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

History of photography. 1988, Num. 1, Vol. 12, p. 41-43, 2 ill.

ISSN

0308-7298

Abstract (en)

Explores the various ways that photography is linked to an 1891 funerary monument for Marian 'Clover' Adams (Washington, DC, Rock Creek Cemetery), commissioned by her husband Henry Adams and designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- United States
• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
• Adams, Henry Brooks, 1838-1918
• Adams, Marian Hooper, 1843-1885
• Rock Creek Cemetery||Washington, DC (USA)
• Sepulchral monuments
• Adams Memorial
• Photography
• United States
• 1800-1900

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Sculpture -- États-Unis
• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
• Adams, Henry Brooks, 1838-1918
• Adams, Marian Hooper, 1843-1885
• Rock Creek Cemetery||Washington, DC (USA)
• Monument funéraire
• Monument à Marian Hooper Adams
• Photographie
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910401-00450391

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