Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City

Author:   Cindy Kelly ,  Edwin H. Remsberg (Remsberg Inc.)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:  

9780801897221


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   05 August 2011
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Hardback
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Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City


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In the first half of the nineteenth century, the most impressive sculptural monuments in America were under construction in Baltimore. Before New York, Philadelphia, and even Washington, D.C., the city built a monument to George Washington, and Baltimore commissioned the country's first public monument dedicated to those killed in battle. After touring both these sites in 1827, President John Quincy Adams declared Baltimore ""the Monumental City,"" a moniker still used today. Cindy Kelly leads readers to more than 250 sculptures found throughout Baltimore with eighteen walking and driving tours, each with accompanying maps to make finding the pieces easy. Including a brief synopsis-including title, location, sculptor, date, medium, donor-and a photograph, Kelly tells the fascinating stories behind Baltimore's monuments. Kelly mined local archives and conducted interviews with contemporary artists to uncover the details behind the city's public sculptures. As she talks about how each piece was commissioned, constructed, and dedicated, the rich cultural, economic, and social history of the city unfolds. From the nineteenth-century splendor of Mount Vernon Place to the twentieth-century sculpture of the Inner Harbor, Kelly invites us to see Baltimore in a wholly fresh perspective. Follow her as she guides readers to the extraordinary outdoor art that makes Baltimore ""the Monumental City.""

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Author:   Cindy Kelly ,  Edwin H. Remsberg (Remsberg Inc.)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.338kg
ISBN:  

9780801897221


ISBN 10:   080189722
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   05 August 2011
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Monumental Baltimore Tours A. The Inner Harbor B. Charles Center to Mount Vernon Place C. Mount Vernon Place D. Downtown East of Charles Street E. Downtown West of Charles Street F. Mount Vernon Place to 26th Street G. Federal Hill, Inner Harbor South, and Fort McHenry H. South Baltimore I. Mount Royal Avenue and Bolton Hill J. Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus and Environs K. Waverly, Clifton Park, and Environs L. North Baltimore M. Druid Hill Park and Environs N. Northwest Baltimore O. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Washington Hill, Environs P. Patterson Park and Canton Q. West Baltimore R. Charry Hill and Brooklyn Park Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendixes 1. Time Lines 2. Relocated Sculpture 3. Sculpture Removes, Re-Sited Indoors, or Too Severly Damaged to Be Included in the Tours For Further Reading Index of Sculptors General Index

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Some reference books become immediately indispensable. This is one of them. -- John Lewis Baltimore Magazine 2011 An essential guide to nearly every sculpture in the city. It's full of fun facts and quirky details. -- Ashley May Urbanite 2011


JHU Press deserves great credit for the record of Baltimore's architectural and artistic heritage that its publications have received. This book carries forward that initiative and tradition and will serve an enlightened public purpose of education and the preservation and recognition of our cultural resources. (Jay M. Fisher, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs, The Baltimore Museum of Art)


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Cindy Kelly, former director of the Historic Houses of the Johns Hopkins University, now divides her time between Baltimore and New York. She is coauthor of Homewood House, also published by Johns Hopkins. Edwin Harlan Remsberg is a photographer who lives in Fallston, Maryland. His photographs appear in Maryland's Vanishing Lives and Testament to Union, both also by Johns Hopkins.

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