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OverviewIn 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."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: 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: 9780801897221ISBN 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 ![]() The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface 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 IndexReviewsSome 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) Author InformationCindy 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |