Yankee Stonecutters: The First American School of Sculpture 1800–1850

✍ Scribed by Albert Teneyck Gardner

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 112
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

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

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