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see also Architectural sculpture Circa 1895 limestone keystone Contemporary clay model. Architectural sculpture is a general categorization used to describe items used for the decoration of buildings and structures. In the United States, the term encompasses both sculpture that is attached to a building and free-standing pieces that are a part ...
Pedimental sculpture in Sacramento, California, by 1928, following a style for ancient Greek temples. Architectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project. The sculpture is usually integrated with the structure, but freestanding works ...
An example is Randolph Parducci's (brother of Corrado Parducci) ... Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript;
American art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840-1924) opened the eponymous, immersive museum in 1903 in a building Willard T. Sears designed to echo a 15th-century Venetian palace. Gardner's ...
Milles sent Allerton the only full size replica of the 1926 Swedish commission in 1929. Allerton thought he was getting a garden sculpture. Many copies of the headless, armless castings of Sun Singer by Milles exist in museums worldwide Diana of the Tower: 4.45: 14.6: Augustus Saint Gaudens: 1893: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia ...
A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Knopf, 2013. ISBN 978-1400043590. Reiff, Daniel D. Houses from Books. Penn State Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-271-01943-7. Scully, Vincent. American Architecture and Urbanism. New Revised Edition. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.
Transportation Building (architectural sculpture): Louis Sullivan, architect Boyle was awarded a medal for his architectural sculpture on the Transportation Building. [2] Apotheosis of Transportation (tympanum over main entrance) staff: Ancient Transportation (bas-relief panel by main entrance) George Stephenson Dennis Papin James Watt The Brakeman
Pedimental sculptures in the United States were rare prior to the 1880s, most surviving examples in cities along the east coast. The earliest seems to be Whitehall (1765), outside Annapolis, Maryland, attributed to English architect Joseph Horatio Anderson and English-born carver William Buckland, typical of early dependence on European talent.