Adams Memorial

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The Adams Memorial is a contemplative bronze sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Cemetery, renowned for its haunting, androgynous seated figure symbolizing grief and reflection.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funerary monument
outdoor sculpture
sculpture
alsoKnownAs Adams Memorial (Saint-Gaudens) NERFINISHED
Grief NERFINISHED
The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding NERFINISHED
artMovement American Renaissance NERFINISHED
Symbolism NERFINISHED
associatedWith Henry Adams family NERFINISHED
Rock Creek Cemetery historic landscape NERFINISHED
category Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Cemetery art in the United States
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
cemeterySection Rock Creek Cemetery family plot of Henry Adams NERFINISHED
commemorates Marian Hooper Adams NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Henry Adams NERFINISHED
completionDate 1891
country United States of America
creator Augustus Saint-Gaudens NERFINISHED
depicts contemplation
personification of grief
seated androgynous figure
designerOfSetting Stanford White NERFINISHED
genre funerary art
symbolist sculpture
hasCulturalSignificance iconic image of American funerary art
hasInfluenceOn popular visual representation of grief in American culture
hasPart androgynous seated figure
hasSetting secluded garden-like enclosure
hasStyle subdued realism
symbolic abstraction
hasSubject death
mourning
spiritual reflection
heritageDesignation contributing property to Rock Creek Cemetery historic site
inception 1891
influenced 20th-century funerary sculpture in the United States
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
location Rock Creek Cemetery NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
notableFor androgynous representation
evocation of grief and reflection
haunting atmosphere
subjectOf art historical studies
photographic reproductions

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Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. hasWork Adams Memorial
subject surface form: Rock Creek Cemetery
Rock Creek Cemetery hasNotableWork Adams Memorial
Augustus Saint-Gaudens notableWork Adams Memorial