What makes an effective tribute? What makes a memorable memorial? Via half a dozen sculptures in Battery Park, New York City, this essay provides lessons that can be applied to a memorial for the World Trade Center.
Dianne L. Durante Livres
Poussé par une addiction d'une vie à l'écriture, cet auteur canalise une curiosité sans bornes pour explorer les domaines de l'art et de l'histoire. Il partage son plaisir dans ces sujets à travers une prose captivante, invitant les lecteurs à découvrir des aperçus fascinants. Son travail se caractérise par une approche passionnée, visant à susciter un enthousiasme similaire pour l'apprentissage et l'exploration chez les autres. Chaque œuvre est une invitation à se plonger dans le monde à travers les yeux d'un chercheur avide.
Artist-Entrepreneurs: Saint Gaudens, MacMonnies, and Parrish
- 82pages
- 3 heures de lecture
In the late 19th and early 20th century, the most capitalistic era in American history, it was considered normal that the immense popularity of Augustus Saint Gaudens, Frederick MacMonnies and Maxfield Parrish should earn them substantial wealth. Saint Gaudens was (and still is) regarded as America's foremost sculptor. MacMonnies' annual income in the mid-1890s reputedly reached $300,000 (about $7.5 million today). In 1925, one of every four American homes had a print of Maxfield Parrish's *Daybreak*. These artist-entrepreneurs flourished by exceptional ability, hard work, and savvy marketing. This book gives a brief overview of the life and notable works of Saint Gaudens, MacMonnies, and Parrish, within the historical, political, and economic framework of the period between the Civil War and World War I. If you enjoy hearing about intelligent, hard-working, innovative, highly skilled and profit-minded men making piles of money by creating beautiful works of art, then this book is for you.