Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation’s Capital

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This sweeping study takes readers on an interesting tour of Washington, D.C.’s monuments, statues, headstones, and memorials. James M. Goode canvasses more than 500 sculptural pieces, steadily overpassed by residents and visitors, and presents critical discussions and detailed histories of each and every work. The result is a graphic history of the cultural, political, and military contributions of The usa’s greatest leaders.

Washington Sculpture revises and updates Goode’s classic 1974 book The Outside Sculpture of Washington, D.C., expanding its survey to include pieces found in nearby Maryland and Virginia, bizarre cemetery sculpture, and monuments recently erected at the National Mall―the National WWII Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. Chapters explore the city’s fourteen neighborhoods in addition to the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

Both a guide for visitors and a reference for serious historians, Washington Sculpture offers probably the most comprehensive examination of urban sculpture in the nation’s capital.


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