1. National Monument; or, Sculpture and Politics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introductory Note VII
3. Table of Contents IX
4. List of Plates XI
5. Part I. The Ingenious Yankee Mechanic
6. 1. National Monument; or, Sculpture and Politics 3
7. 2. Portrait Bust; or, Sculptors and Art Patrons 10
8. 3. Statuary Group; or, Whittler’s Progress 17
9. 4. Clay Figures; or, Some Representative Men 25
10. 5. Graffiti D’ltalia; or, Sketches of Florentine and Roman Art-Life 44
11. 6. The Ingenious Yankee Mechanic; or, The Statuary Business 52
12. Part II. The First American School of Sculpture
13. 1. The Precursors: Sculptors, Stonecutters, Carvers, and Modelers In America Before 1800 59
14. 2. A Biographical Dictionary: American Sculptors Born Between 1800 and 1830 60
15. 3. The Successors: Some American Sculptors Born Between 1830 and 1850 74
16. Bibliography 77
17. Plates 81
18. Index 83