Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capital

by James M. Goode

Overview

This sweeping study takes readers on a fascinating tour of Washington, D.C.’s monuments, statues, headstones, and memorials. James M. Goode canvasses more than 500 sculptural pieces, often overlooked by residents and visitors, and presents critical discussions and detailed histories of each work. The result is a graphic history of the cultural, political, and military contributions of America’s greatest leaders.

Washington Sculpture revises and updates Goode’s classic 1974 book The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., expanding its survey to include pieces found in nearby Maryland and Virginia, unusual cemetery sculpture, and monuments recently erected on the National Mall—the National WWII Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Chapters explore the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

Both a guide for visitors and a reference for serious historians, Washington Sculpture offers the most comprehensive examination of urban sculpture in the nation's capital.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801888106
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	02/23/2009
Edition description:	20
Pages:	848
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 11.20(h) x 2.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James M. Goode, a historian of the art and architecture of Washington, D.C., is also the author of Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings and Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses.

Table of Contents

Preface
Ackowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Capitol Hill
Chapter 2. Connecticut Avenue
Chapter 3. The Ellipse
Chapter 4. The Federal Triangle
Chapter 5. Foggy Bottom
Chapter 6. Judiciary Square and East Downtown
Chapter 7. The Mall
Chapter 8. Massachusetts Avenue
Chapter 9. North Capitol Street
Chapter 10. Pennsylvania Avenue
Chapter 11. Potomac Park
Chapter 12. Sixteenth Street
Chapter 13. Southwest
Chapter 14. Wisconsin Avenue
Chapter 15. Maryland Suburbs
Chapter 16. Virginia Suburbs
Appendix A. Sculpture Removed
Appendix B. Selected Biographies of Sculptors
Appendix C. Techniques in Executing Marble and Bronze Sculpture
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Quirky details . . . are what make the new edition . . . so captivating.
—John Kelly, Washington Post

Handsome new volume . . . An important addition is an exploration of the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
—Steve Goddard, History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive

The historic and cultural significance of each sculpture is written with heart, but it's the stories of the subjects portrayed in bronze that are the most intriguing reads.
—Andrea Cohen, Roll Call

A significant reference work.
—Choice

A heroic effort and it is hard to stop leafing through it.
—RALPH: Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities

From the Publisher

A heroic effort and it is hard to stop leafing through it.

RALPH: Review of Arts

Handsome new volume . . . An important addition is an exploration of the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive - Steve Goddard

A significant reference work.

Choice

The historic and cultural significance of each sculpture is written with heart, but it's the stories of the subjects portrayed in bronze that are the most intriguing reads.

Roll Call - Andrea Cohen

Quirky details . . . are what make the new edition . . . so captivating.

Washington Post - John Kelly

"A heroic effort and it is hard to stop leafing through it."

RALPH: Review of Arts

The historic and cultural significance of each sculpture is written with heart, but it's the stories of the subjects portrayed in bronze that are the most intriguing reads.

— Andrea Cohen

Roll Call

Handsome new volume... An important addition is an exploration of the city's fourteen neighborhoods as well as the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

— Steve Goddard

History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive

Quirky details... are what make the new edition... so captivating.

— John Kelly

Washington Post