Yankee Stonecutters : The First American School of Sculpture 1800-1850 / Albert Teneyck Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Albert Teneyck, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculptors, American.

Sculpture--United States--History.

Sculpture.

Sculpture, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1945]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89993-9

OCLC:

1100463614