Title: Monuments and masterpieces : histories and views of public sculpture in New York City /
Authors: Reynolds, Donald M.
Publisher: Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Collier Macmillan,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Public sculpture New York (State) New York.; Monuments New York (State) New York.; Outdoor sculpture New York (State) New York.; New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Contents: I: From carving to sculpture -- Master carvers and masterpieces in stone and wood -- Conduits of Classicism -- Foundations of an American portrait tradition -- Hiram powers and a new era in American sculpture -- II: The historic portrait in bronze -- American masters of the public bronze I -- American masters of the public bronze II -- Little-noted historic bronze portraits on the beaten path -- III: The equestrian monument -- Ancient and renaissance influences -- The equestrian monument and pan-Americanism -- Equestrian icons of war and peace -- IV: Animals and fantasy -- Les Animaliers and the romantic bronze -- The symbolism of monsters, hybrids, and fauna -- V: The war memorial -- Materials and symbols -- U.S. Grant: his tomb, his life, and his generals -- Four generals and their sculptors -- Vigils to the victors -- Icons of the Civil War -- VI: Some notable masterpieces in stone and bronze -- The church of St. Bartholomew -- Gateways in bronze -- VII: Civic temples of commerce and culture -- Temples of public administration and the law -- Temple of culture: the New York public library -- Temple of finance: the Bowery savings bank -- Temples of communications: two telephone company buildings -- Temple of commerce: the U.S. Custom House -- VIII: Grand images of triumph and honor -- Honorific columns and triumphal arches -- The Washington arch -- IX: Notable achievements in terra-cotta and iron -- Terra-cotta for a cultural capital of the world -- Samuel Yellin: poet in iron -- X: Street furniture: creative treatment of space, light, and time -- Benches, sidewalks, fixtures, and fountains -- Public lighting -- Clocks.