Thomas Crawford: American Sculptor

Erscheinungsjahr 1964
ISBN: 978-0-8229-8386-6
Verlag: UNIV OF PITTSBURGH PR

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Thomas Crawford (1813–1857) was the first American sculptor to study in Italy for an extended period of time. There, along with other artists—Greenough, Story, and Powers—he was part of a group that made prolific contributions to American neoclassical art. He is best known as the sculptor of much of the statuary and bas-reliefs of our nation\u2019s Capitol: the pediment figures over the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and the bronze Freedom atop the Capitol\u2019s dome.     In writing this biography, Robert Gale was given exclusive access to all of Crawford\u2019s personal papers by the sculptor\u2019s granddaughter. An appendix lists extant works of Crawford and where they are found, and several plates illustrate his sculpture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gale, Robert

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Gale was professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh. He was the author of The Caught Image: Figurative Language in the Fiction of Henry James.