Yankee Stonecutters : : The First American School of Sculpture 1800–1850 / / Albert Teneyck Gardner.
Presents a history of sculptors and their work from 1800-1850 as a part of the larger pattern of American life with a focus on the two dominant influences of the time, romance and machines.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1945] ©1945 |
| Year of Publication: | 1945 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (100 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Introductory Note
- Table of Contents
- List of Plates
- Part I. The Ingenious Yankee Mechanic
- 1. National Monument; or, Sculpture and Politics
- 2. Portrait Bust; or, Sculptors and Art Patrons
- 3. Statuary Group; or, Whittler’s Progress
- 4. Clay Figures; or, Some Representative Men
- 5. Graffiti D’ltalia; or, Sketches of Florentine and Roman Art-Life
- 6. The Ingenious Yankee Mechanic; or, The Statuary Business
- Part II. The First American School of Sculpture
- 1. The Precursors: Sculptors, Stonecutters, Carvers, and Modelers In America Before 1800
- 2. A Biographical Dictionary: American Sculptors Born Between 1800 and 1830
- 3. The Successors: Some American Sculptors Born Between 1830 and 1850
- Bibliography
- Plates
- Index