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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
The personal and professional life of Saint-Gaudens is traced from his birth in Dublin, to his death in Cornish, New Hampshire. His story is woven through six of his major works of art, which include the Standing Lincoln in Lincoln Park, Chicago; Shaw Memorial on Boston Common; Sherman Monument in Central Park; the serenely beautiful Diana in the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Adams Memorial in Washington DC. Includes featurettes.
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Series
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, fingers pointing, mouths agape. After countless struggles, Stanford White-the country's most celebrated architect was about to dedicate America's tallest tower, the final cap set atop his Madison Square Garden, the country's grandest new palace of pleasure. Amid a flood of electric light and fireworks, the gilded figure topping the tower was...
Publisher
American Federation of Arts
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Monuments and Myths" is the first publication to examine the intersecting careers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French, the leading American sculptors of the Gilded Age. With rich new thinking and stunning photographs, this catalogue examines the role of America's most iconic public sculptures in the complex negotiation of national identity. Featuring essays by leading scholars and impressive new photography of highlights of the collections...
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