Benjamin Paul Akers, St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Given the fact that Benjamin Paul Akers was a Protestant working at a time when nativist and anti-Catholic sentiments ran high in the United States, his choice to depict a miracle performed by an Eastern European saint seems peculiar, as does the popularity of his sculpture.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Yale University
2013
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Conversations
Year: 2014 |
| Further subjects: | B
Benjamin Paul Akers
B Sculpture B Roman Catholicism B Saints B Protestantism B Saint Elizabeth of Hungary |
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| Summary: | Given the fact that Benjamin Paul Akers was a Protestant working at a time when nativist and anti-Catholic sentiments ran high in the United States, his choice to depict a miracle performed by an Eastern European saint seems peculiar, as does the popularity of his sculpture. |
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| ISSN: | 2475-241X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Conversations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.22332/con.obj.2014.17 |