Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical GuideNYU Press, 2007 - 302 sayfa Stop, look, and discover—the streets and parks of Manhattan are filled with beautiful historic monuments that will entertain, stimulate, and inspire you. Among the 54 monuments in this volume are major figures in American history: Washington, Lincoln, Lafayette, Horace Greeley, and Gertrude Stein; more obscure figures: Daniel Butterfield, J. Marion Sims, and King Jagiello; as well as the icons of New York: Atlas, Prometheus, and the Firemen's Memorial. The monuments represent the work of some of America's best sculptors: Augustus Saint Gaudens’ Farragut and Sherman, Daniel Chester French’s Four Continents, and Anna Hyatt Huntington’s José Martí and Joan of Arc. |
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Map of Manhattan | |
Introduction | |
South of Canal | |
Canal to Union Square North | |
17th Street to Central Park South | |
Central Park South to 110th Street | |
110th Street and North | |
Afterword | |
How to Read a Sculpture | |
Statues in Chronological Order by Date of Dedication | |
Brief Biographies of Artists | |
Permissions | |
About the Author | |