Yankee Stonecutters : The First American School of Sculpture 1800-1850

Presents a history of sculptors and their work from 1800-1850 as a part of the larger pattern of American life with a focus on the two dominant influences of the time, romance and machines. Introductory Note Table of Contents List of Plates Part I. The Ingenious Yankee Mechanic 1. National Monument; or, Sculpture and Politics 2. Portrait Bust; or, Sculptors and Art Patrons 3. Statuary Group; or, Whittler’s Progress 4. Clay Figures; or, Some Representative Men 5. Graffiti D’ltalia; or, Sketches of Florentine and Roman Art-Life 6. The Ingenious Yankee Mechanic; or, The Statuary Business Part II. The First American School of Sculpture 1. The Precursors: Sculptors, Stonecutters, Carvers, and Modelers In America Before 1800 2. A Biographical Dictionary: American Sculptors Born Between 1800 and 1830 3. The Successors: Some American Sculptors Born Between 1830 and 1850 Bibliography Plates Index