John Rogers
John Rogers

Author: Kimberly Orcutt

Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers

Published: 2010-12-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780856676895

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John Rogers (1829-1904) is arguably the most popular American sculptor ever, selling over 80,000 small plasters, known as "Rogers Groups" over the course of a career that spanned the late nineteenth century. Rogers himself said, "I want each group to tell a story," and these narrative sculptures carried on a deeply rooted popular American genre tradition that was established in the antebellum period by painters such as William Sidney Mount and George Caleb Bingham. The book, generously illustrated and containing eleven essays on different aspects of his work (including its Neoclassical elements influences and the mass market it found), aims to bring Rogers's work to life for a new generation of admirers. Other contributors include Linda S. Ferber, senior art historian and director emerita, N-YHS; Erin Toomey, Jessica Fracassini and Leslie Ransick Gat, Art Conservation Group; Michael Clapper, associate professor, Franklin and Marshall College; Melissa Dabakis, professor, Kenyon College; David Jaffee, professor, Bard Graduate Center; Michael Leja, professor, University of Pennsylvania; Leo Mazow, curator of American Art, Palmer Museum of Art; Kirk Savage, associate professor, University of Pittsburgh; and Thayer Tolles, associate curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Groups Of Statuary
Groups Of Statuary

Author: John Rogers

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781021309778

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Groups of Statuary is a beautifully illustrated volume featuring photographs and descriptions of notable sculptures from around the world. Ideal for art enthusiasts and professionals, this book is sure to delight readers with an interest in the fine arts. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Picturing Old New England
Picturing Old New England

Author: William H. Truettner

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9780300079388

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Despite the fact that there is a New England of cities, factories, and an increasingly diverse ethnic population, it is the Old New England that Americans have always treasured, finding in it a kind of 'national memory bank.' This book examines images of Old New England created between 1865 and 1945, demonstrating how these images encoded the values of age and tradition to a nation facing complex cultural issues during the period.