The Art of Display : The American Pedestal 1830-1910 : Conner Rosenkranz
New York, NY: Conner Rosenkranz, 2018. Softcover. White and gray wraps with color illustration and gray text. 57 pp. Features many color illustrations. VG+. Item #209725
"...Indeed, even though pedestals' status as functional objects has sometimes stymied acknowledgement of their potential as vital aesthetic objects in their own right, they have the power to mold the viewer's experience of a sculpture almost as much as the works they hold. In the best-crafted examples, pedestals not only serve sculpture, but are themselves fascinating works of art. This was especially true in the nineteenth-century United States, a period in which the transformation of sculpture from a rare foreign import to a pillar of the nation's art scene was accompanied by an equally radical shift in the function, design, and aesthetics of the pedestal."
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