Foreword Preface 1. Patriotism and Pride: To 1835 Native American Traces: Origins of a Public Art Practical Arts for the New World: The Craft Tradition After the Revolution: An American Portrait Meet You at the Eagle Utility and Beauty: Civic Improvements and the Artist A Public Figure: Franklin 2. Sculpture and the Landscape: 1836-1876 Laurel Hill Cemetery: Philadelphia's First Sculpture Garden The Growth of Fairmount Park: The Fairmount Park Commission and the Fairmount Park Art Association Monuments and Memorials The Civil War Years: From Parlors to the Public The Centennial: 1876 and the International Influence 3. Monuments to American Ideals: 1877-1910 Casting an American Art: From Marble to Bronze Renewed Patriotism: Ceremony and Celebration Arts and Crafts: Another American Ideal Three Generations of Calders A City Beautiful: The Parkway Plan 4. Realism to Abstraction: 1911-1958 Statues to Sculpture: When Old and New Collide Material Pleasures The Sculpture Internationals: But Is It Art? Social Consciousness: A National Commentary Art and Architecture: Seeking Association A Legacy of Murals A City Planned: A Strategy for Civic Design 5. The Third Dimension: 1959-1975 Percent for Art: To Humanize the Urban Environment The Modern Figure Patrons and Participants: Urban Design Issues Innovations: New Materials and New Concepts An Urban Laboratory 6. A Sense of Place: Since 1976 Art and the Built Environment: Toward a Reconnection In the Public Context: Public Art and Public Life Public Art versus Public Taste Why Public Art? Recent Developments and Future Directions Preserve and Protect Catalog Section 1: To 1835 Section 2: 1836-1876 Section 3: 1877-1910 Section 4: 1911-1958 Section 5: 1959-1975 Section 6: Since 1976 Maps Bibliography Credits Acknowledgments Index
A fascinating history of public art in Philadelphia narrated throughout with surprising anecdotes, biographical sketches, and more than 400 illustrations
"...a well-illustrated, information-packed exploration of the city's unexcelled collection of accessible artworks, and of the hopes, ideals and causes that have brought them into being...[a] good guide to both familiar pieces and some you may have never heard about." --The Philadelphia Inquirer
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