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Chapter 14: From Private Grief to Public Monument The Funerary Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck.
| Title: | Chapter 14: From Private Grief to Public Monument The Funerary Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck. |
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| Authors: | Dinnerstein, Lois |
| Source: | Italian Presence in American Art, 1860-1920. 1992, p200-213. 14p. 8 Black and White Photographs. |
| Abstract: | Chapter 14 of the book "The Italian Presence in American Art 1860-1920," edited by Irma B. Jaffe is presented. It explores Louis Ritter's unpublished drawing of Elizabeth Lyman Otis Boott Duveneck's sunken face in death in German style. It compares the drawing and the ultimate image of Elizabeth in death, the "Funerary Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck," created for the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori. |
| Subject Terms: | *Death in art, *Effigies |
| Reviews & Products: | Italian Presence in American Art 1860-1920, The (Book) |
| People: | Jaffe, Irma B., Boott, Elizabeth |
| Database: | Art & Architecture Complete |
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