Adams surveys American sculpture from its beginnings, letting the colonial wax modeller Patience Wright speak the prologue. Later chapters move through the blithe early days, the leaders who brought moral earnestness to the art, the great expositions and collaborations with architects, and the problems of the portrait statue and the ideal figure, down to New York monuments such as the Pulitzer Memorial.
A graceful insider’s survey for anyone curious about the statues in America’s parks and squares. Download the free EPUB.