the figurative tradition from the American renaissance to the millennium
Reynolds, Donald M
1993
Traces the history of figurative sculpture in America from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 to the late twentieth century, and includes over 275 photographs of sculpture from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Presents photographs of nearly two hundred carved and painted figures representative of the American folk art traditions that flourished from the mid-1700s to the end of the nineteenth century, and includes discussion of the history and origins of each form of carving, as well as insights into American life during the period.
Examines the growth of sculpture as an artistic form in Europe and the U.S. between 1900 and 1945, discussing major and lesser-known artists and such themes as the monument, the approach to different materials, and the figurative ideal.
