Classical Nashville : Athens of the South / by Christine Kreyling ... [and others] ; with an essay by Alan LeQuire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreyling, Christine, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nashville (Tenn.)--Civilization.

Nashville (Tenn.).

United States--Civilization--Classical influences.

United States.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xvii, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1996.

Summary:

Illustrated with nearly a hundred archival and contemporary photographs, Classical Nashville shows how Nashville earned that appellation through its adoption of classical metaphors in several areas: its educational and literary history, from the first academies through the establishment of the Fugitive movement at Vanderbilt; the classicism of the city's public architecture, including its Capitol and legislative buildings; the evolution of neoclassicism in homes and private buildings; and the history and current state of the Parthenon, the ultimate symbol of classical Nashville, which houses the awe-inspiring 42-foot statue of Athena by sculptor Alan LeQuire. Nashville's classical identifications have always been forward-looking rather than antiquarian: ambitious, democratic, entrepreneurial, and culturally substantive. Classical Nashville celebrates the continuation of classical ideals in present-day Nashville, ideals that serve not as monuments to a lost past, but as sources of energy, creativity, and imagination for the future of a city.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.

ISBN:

0826512771

OCLC:

34476965