Research Catalog

Title

Monuments and myths : the America of sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French / edited by Andrew Eschelbacher.

Publication

• Munich : Hirmer, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
• French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931
• Eschelbacher, Andrew J.
• Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, host institution.
• Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), host institution.
• James A. Michener Art Museum, host institution.
• Brunnier Art Museum, host institution.

Description

208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 cm

Summary

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 of two treasured historic sites, Aspet and Chesterwood, the book re-examines public monuments that have defined and defied notions of American identity. Focused on Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French, the beautiful catalogue offers a critical look at the artists' public and private works in the context of evolving ideas about race and representation, indigeneity, gender, civic space, memory, and American history. Exhibition: Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, USA (30.05. - 07.08.2023) / Frist Art Museum, Nashville, USA (01.03. - 27.05.2024) / Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, USA (29.06.2024 - 05.01.2025).

Uniform Title

Monuments and myths (Hirmer)

Alternative Title

America of sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French

Subject

• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 > Exhibitions
• French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 > Exhibitions
• French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931
• Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907
• 1900-1999
• Sculpture, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Figure sculpture > Exhibitions
• Sculpture, American
• Figure sculpture

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• On the occasion of the exhibitions held at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, May 30 - August 7, 2023; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN, March 1 - May 27, 2024; Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, June 29, 2024 - January 25, 2025; and Brunnier Art Museum, University Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February 8 - May 17, 2025.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The ripple effect: portraits and networks -- Ghosts on the landscape of memory and mending -- Female allegory, race, and the Civil War memorial -- Good mourning: commemorative and funereal sculptures -- Aspet and Chesterwood: the rural retreats and studio practices of Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French -- Catalogue.

Call Number

JQF 23-1291

ISBN

• 9783777440972
• 3777440973

LCCN

2023930567

OCLC

1373398493

Title

Monuments and myths : the America of sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Daniel Chester French / edited by Andrew Eschelbacher.

Publisher

Munich : Hirmer, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907, artist.

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, artist.

Eschelbacher, Andrew J., editor.

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, host institution.

Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), host institution.

James A. Michener Art Museum, host institution.

Brunnier Art Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-1291