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Kirk Savage

Author of Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves

3+ Works 172 Members 0 Reviews

About the Author

Kirk Savage is the Williams S. Dietrich II Professor of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape.

Image credit: Kirk Savage signs a book for a fan at the National Book Festival, September 1, 2018. Photo by Claire Gardiner/Library of Congress By Library of Congress Life - 20180901CG0120.jpg, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83102533

Works by Kirk Savage

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves (1997) 85 copies

Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape (2009) 80 copies

The Civil War in Art and Memory (Studies in the History of Art) (2016) 7 copies

Associated Works

American Pantheon: Sculptural and Artistic Decoration of the U.S. Capitol (2004) 16 copies, 3 reviews

The Oxford handbook of the elegy (2010) — Contributor — 9 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1958-02-06
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Occupations: Author

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Awards

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John Hope Franklin Publication Prize

Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves (1998)

Charles C. Eldredge Prize

Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape (2010)

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Statistics

Works: 3
Also by: 2
Members: 172
Popularity: #124,308
Rating: 4.1

ISBNs: 10

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