American masters of sculpture; being brief appreciations of some American sculptors and of some phases of sculpture in America

Charles Henry Caffin

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CHARLES H.CAFFIN LIBRARYTHE OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOSANGELES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/amermasterssculpOOcaffiala SCULPTUREAMERICAN MASTERS OF : By the same author AMERICAN MASTERS OF PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ART MONUMENT1 HE SHERMAN By Augustus Saint-Gaudens AMERICAN MASTERS OF SCULPTURE BEING BRIEF APPRECIATIONSOF SOME AMERICAN SCULPTORS AND OF SOME PHASES SCULPTURE IN AMERICAOF BY CHARLES H. CAFFIN of "American Masters of Painting"Author YorkNewCityGarden COMPANY&PAGEDOUBLEDAY, 1913 Copyrieht, 1903, by Doubledar, Pace & Corapanr Library MB INTRODUCTION 'T^HE year 1876, the date of the Centennial " Exhibition, is a landmark in the progress of American sculpture as it is in that of American painting. Not to be fixed too definitely, and servingyet approximately as a starting-point of new conditions which have transformed what had been a sporadic and largely exotic product into a lusty, homogeneous and thoroughly accli- matised growth. I speak of the gradual improve- ment and spread of taste in the commimity; the steady trend of students to Paris and the habit of American sculptors to make their own country the scene and inspiration of their labours. Italy;The earlier tendency had been toward where Americanto Romeand Florence, especially, student adopted thecolonies existed.

Sujets

• Sculpture

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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CHARLES H.CAFFINLIBRARYTHE
OF
THEUNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOSANGELESDigitized by the Internet Archive
in 2007 with funding from
IVIicrosoft Corporation
http://www.archive.org/details/amermasterssculpOOcaffialaSCULPTUREAMERICAN MASTERS OF:
By the same author
AMERICAN MASTERS OF PAINTING
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ARTMONUMENT1 HE SHERMAN
By Augustus Saint-GaudensAMERICAN MASTERS OF
SCULPTURE
BEING
BRIEF APPRECIATIONSOF SOME AMERICAN
SCULPTORS AND OF SOME PHASES
SCULPTURE IN AMERICAOF
BY
CHARLES H. CAFFIN
of "American Masters of Painting"Author
YorkNewCityGarden
COMPANY&PAGEDOUBLEDAY,
1913Copyrieht, 1903, by
Doubledar, Pace & Corapanr